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I think that there are going to be a lot of techno-eyewear coming out in the next two years. Cameras and augmented reality features should be the two coolest applications for these new products. Can’t wait.

“The 335 Snow Camera Goggles, to be officially announced this week at CES, pack a 5 megapixel camera, capable of shooting 720 x 480 video. They only come with 16 MB of memory on board, but you can expand that with a Micro SD card to capture your entire snow plow down the mountain. The camera is activated by built-in controls on the side of the goggles, designed with big buttons for your chunky, gloved fingers.”

(via Camera Goggles Let You Relive Your Black Diamond Wipe Outs - Snow camera goggles - Gizmodo)

Interesting article on the future of the connected car.

The issue of liability and the legality of using devices in cars is one that needs to be reviewed and addressed soon. Currently, manufacturers steer clear of developing too much functionality in the car because increased functionality leads to increased distraction and the potential for accidents.

The reality however is that people are already distracted, it’s just that their phones are what’s causing the distraction, not the car’s systems.  People are dialing, texting, emailing and twittering in the car… even while driving!!

The means of combating this distraction has come in the form of increased laws against using devices while driving.  Yet these laws are rarely enforced and fly in the face of progress we’ve made in communications.  Moreover, I think a better direction to go is to acknowledge that people want to (and need to) communicate from the car and make the car safer through other advancements.

In the near term, Ford, BMW and others should shift their focus away from making these telematic systems (let the tech companies do that) and instead focus on how they can supplement the safety systems of the car and add new ones.  Just as airplanes have gotten safer due to increased technology systems that aid pilots, so too must car manufacturers embrace the same approach.

I started reading this book on the flight back from DC yesterday…

A lot of the stuff written about is stuff I’ve already heard of, but in each case, there are more details.  The book is fascinating in that it makes you think wonder about what the next generation of stuff is going to be able to do if we can already do so much.