Google Wants Tattoo to Act as Smartphone Microphone

Computerworld (11/11/13) Matt Hamblen

Google is developing an electronic skin tattoo for the throat that can act as a microphone for a smartphone, tablet, or other device.  The tattoo would communicate over near-field communication, Bluetooth, Infrared, or another short-range wireless technology to a nearby mobile device.  The tattoo could include an embedded microphone in addition to a transceiver for enabling wireless communications with a nearby smartphone.  The tattoo also could have a power supply to receive energy from another place on the user's body.  In addition, Google says the system could help reduce street noise and other nearby sounds that often enter microphones and distort communications.  The skin tattoo could even include a galvanic skin response detector to act as a lie detector.  "It is contemplated that a user that may be nervous or engaging in speaking falsehoods may exhibit different galvanic skin response than a more confident, truth-telling individual," according to a patent application for the device.  The application also suggests the wearable device could be used as a user interface to a display, in which specific throat movements cause the display to light up.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9243946/Google_wants_tattoo_to_act_as_smartphone_microphone

Should Google Be Forced To Filter Search Results?

There are a lot of people out there with things in their past that they're not proud of. Sometimes those things make there way to the Internet and do a great deal of damage to their reputation. This stuff comes up when people search on Google, and Google traditionally has not removed such content unless required to do so by law.

One man is currently trying to get his damaging content out of Google, and not just removed, but filtered as it's created. A French court has sided with him, and ordered Google to comply.

Do you think Google should be forced to filter results? 

Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End

New York Times (02/21/12) Nick Bilton

Google is developing experimental glasses that will stream information to the wearer's eyes in real time, and the technology should be available to the public by the end of the year.  The glasses will be Android-based, will have a 3G or 4G data connection, and include sensors for motion and global positioning systems.  The glasses also will have a unique navigation system.  "The navigation system currently used is a head tilting to scroll and click," says Google blogger Seth Weintraub.  "It is very quick to learn and once the user is adept at navigation, it becomes second nature and almost indistinguishable to outside users."  The glasses also will have a low-resolution built-in camera that will be able to monitor events in real time and overlay information about locations, surrounding buildings, and nearby friends.  The project is being developed by Google X, a secretive laboratory that works on futuristic projects.  The glasses will utilize several Google programs, including Google Latitude, Google Goggles, and Google Maps, according to a company employee.  "You will be able to check into locations with your friends through the glasses," according to a Google employee.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/google-to-sell-terminator-style-glasses-by-years-end/