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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."

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  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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    2. Re:It's obvious really by AHuxley · · Score: 2

      With Government Glass you too can help fight terror as you consume.
      Download our new app today and get reassuring feedback that the person you have just walked past was detected by our network.
      People using complex glasses, makeup, hair styles or clothing to avoid our software will result in a beep.
      Find a police officer or private security official via the domestic counterterrorism tab, show your coeducational affiliate badge and play back your footage.
      If in a mall for example the person can be questioned at an exit and positively identified.
      Let's See Where They Tried to Hide.

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    3. Re:It's obvious really by KGIII · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I could see people actually installing that app.

      I could see people fighting to install that app if there were something like a $5 Dunkin Donuts gift certificate for every month (five hours per day) of use.

      I could see people killing to get into the beta program if it meant you got a shot at appearing on random_popular_reality_show if you found x_amount of wanted people over a year long process.

      I just want you to know that I am NOT kidding nor am I amused by this. I just see it as a plausible result if said application were made available. Given the results of the various polls that concern privacy, I'd not be in the least bit surprised. Those of us who see the problem want so very much to blame the government, and rightly so - they should know better, but so much of the blame rightly belongs with you and me (the populace).

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  3. Re:The coin ... by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Informative

    Scale? Is not the price.

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  4. Re:Become a NSA agent today! by MichaelSmith · · Score: 2

    Join the Central Intelligence Corporation, become a gargoyle.

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  5. 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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  6. Move along; Nothing to see here... by Cramer · · Score: 2

    No, no I haven't... because I've seen the insides of a cellphone and tablet. I'm surprised it's not smaller!

    [*] 90% of a cellphone is it's battery; even more for a tablet. If there were no need for a screen or keypad, the whole thing would be the size of a sugar packet.

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

    It can be exchanged for goods and services.

  8. Miniaturize even further by SpaghettiPattern · · Score: 2

    Fascinating how they cram so much in so little space. I say miniaturize even further so that the device would blend in inconspicuously with my shiny polished toecap.

    (To those with a limited sense of humor: This is a joke. Admittedly a very mediocre one at best.)

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  9. On this episode of Where are they Now? by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 2

    Bet she won't be wearing those into an airport anytime soon!

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