by Ron Miller

APX Labs Grabs $13 Million For Enterprise Smart Glasses Platform

Google Glass might have failed as a consumer device, but there is a growth industry around industrial smart glasses, that feed people information to a computer on their faces while keeping their hands free. APX Labs got $13 million today to continue building the platform for that interface.http://tcrn.ch/1NbBoQh

Google Glass Never Really Had A Fighting Chance

Yesterday Google ended the Glass Explorer program. From the start, people loved to hate Google Glass, and never seemed to warm to the notion of nerds with computers on their faces. But the device could still have a future in business. http://tcrn.ch/1G8vY4K

Photo Credit: Tomma Henckel. Used under CC 2.0 license.

Why We Hate Google Glass — And All New Tech

My first TechCrunch article is up. When it comes to new tech, we tend to go to the worst place possible, then over time we accept the new tech as it mainstreams --and we forget the initial concerns. Call it Ron's Adoption Theory.

I got this assignment when I met TechCrunch editor Alexia Tsotsis at South by Southwest last week. I later pitched her via Twitter on this idea, and finalized the deal when I ran into her at the airport on my way out of town. She printed my article almost word for word from the initial draft. http://tcrn.ch/1nxW5bZ

Photo Credit: CanStockPhoto

How will Google Glass be used with cars? Hyundai has some ideas

In an effort to differentiate itself from the rest of the pack, Hyundai went a step beyond the companies announcing smartphone integration at CES in Las Vegas this week. Instead, it announced direct integration with Google Glass with its higher end Genesis automobile. That might be a limited market at least for now, but it puts Hyundai on the cutting edge of mobile technologies. http://bit.ly/1bROQQf

Photo courtesy of Hyundai.

Ellen introduces several new wearable tech ideas

Here are few wearable tech ideas you might not have considered. Now this is funny. 

 

5 Misconceptions about Google Glass

So many people who have never used Google Glass have an opinion on it and how it works. But lots of folks are operating from misconceptions and in this post, I attempt to clear up a few of them.

Read my full post on CITEworld.

Photo Credit: Tomma Henckel

Why I'm returning Glass

I made the decision this week to return my Google Glass because I simply wasn't dazzled, even though I very much wanted to be, was even predisposed to be.  Here's an explanation of my decision.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evoluton.

My totally excellent Google Glass Adventure

On Saturday I traveled to New York City to the Google Glass office to pick up my very own Google Glass. Here's my story of what happened, and if you want to know, Google made it a very special experience.

Read my full essay on CITEworld.

Photo Credit: Tomma Henckel

Tailored to Tech: My NYC Google Glass Fitting

On Saturday, I traveled to New York City with my chief photographer, my wife Tomma Henckel,  and was fitted with my very own Google Glass. This slideshow on Internet Evolution documents the experience. It was a fun day, let's put it that way and Google made it feel like a special adventure.

See the entire slideshow including introductory commentary on Internet Evolution.