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Google Glass Teardown

Posted by Soulskill on from the hope-you-got-your-money's-worth dept.

saccade.com writes "Ever wonder how Google packed all of the Google Glass functionality into a slender eyeglass frame? Find out by checking out this teardown by Scott Torborg and Star Simpson. Goodies found inside include proximity, light and inertial sensors, sound transducers, a TI OMAP CPU, flash, RAM, camera and tiny projection display."

6 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Missing part? by sjwt · · Score: 5, Funny

    What, no government mind control device? I am shocked!

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    1. Re:Missing part? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Well, there was this one chip they couldn't identify with the id PRISM666 etched into it.

  2. It's obvious really by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ever wonder how Google packed all of the Google Glass functionality into a slender eyeglass frame?

    They're evil.

    1. Re:It's obvious really by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

      They got help from the NSA's spy-gadget development labs.

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  3. Would have been great... by wbr1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....if they had recorded the teardown of Google glass, with another Google glass.

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  4. Re:The coin ... by Intropy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It can be exchanged for goods and services.