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If you think that users deleting your app is a bad thing, get smarter. A couple of months ago, I was commissioned to build a Google Glass app for WaterWeavers, an exhibition at the Bard Grad Center Gallery. It identified what the user was looking at using image recognition, served them professionally-voiced docent commentary, and … Continue reading The Disposable App →

Today we're talking about the four most popular app ideas for Glass: Contextual Consumerism, Glass Docent, The Cloud Nurse, and Augmented-Reality Nametags. These are seriously popular ideas. If you asked a hundred people what they think Glass is for, I guarantee that 95 will name one or more of these. I call them the Four … Continue reading The Four Glassmen of the App-ocalypse →

The most revolutionary, game-changing, and human-enhancing app for wearable tech also happens to be the most dangerous. This app is Vine, the six-second video recording service. Why is it the best app for wearable? Because text sucks on a HUD. If you called up instructions for changing your oil, a set of short, quick-cut videos (in … Continue reading Vine: The Best Worst Use Case For Wearable →

The majority response to Google Glass should have been, "That's cool and geeky and I don't want one." But put a camera on it and everyone loses their minds. The response is "People will violate my privacy and I can't allow others to have one!" All I want to know about Glass is, which Google … Continue reading Which Dumbs**t Put a Camera on Google Glass? →

Here's something I rant about that's becoming A Thing: wireless hardware platforms. I'm talking about the Electric Imp, Pinocchio, and SparkCore, little Wi-Fi development units closely tied to a proprietary cloud system. A hardware designer develops a connected device around the platform, getting a microprocessor, cloud infrastructure, and chipset without having to develop from the … Continue reading Your Internet of Things Platform is Pointless →

Dangerous Prototypes, my favorite hardware-hacking rock band, gives out the PCB's left over from their prototyping process. It's a clever promotion and I love free stuff, so I snagged one of their PCB 'coupons' a few weeks ago and built a breakout for the FTDI FT311, an Android-to-damn-near-everything bridge. Check it!The FT311 is an Android … Continue reading Mini-Project: Dangerous Prototypes FT311 Build →