I came across this TechCrunch article covering the recent news that Google is committing 150M to develop AI glasses with Warby Parker:
My immediate thought was a new take on TEDs! Everyone knows what TEDs are don’t they?
Ehh, not so much. There are many acronyms for TED.
Google’s “AI Overview” confidently claims:
and of course has TED Conferences shown next to the AI boast.
There are lots of sites that will give me lists of what TED might stand for in my unknown context. Some gems at first sight are:
Transient Enhanced Diffusion
Technology, Education, Design (not to be confused with Technology, Education, Design)
transmission electron diffraction
and the one I’m looking for isn’t there. At this point I feel very small. My immediate thought of TEDs is not what most of the world as presented by might Google thinks. If you’ve hung on this long to my boring post, TEDs are Tactical Eye Devices. You know, the very nerdy looking army glasses:
TED has been replaced by BCG – Birth Control Glasses. And apparently NPR has an entire story about Birth Control Glasses, or BCGs. Read it here https://www.npr.org/2012/01/27/145983999/military-drops-birth-control-glasses-for-fresher-pair
Why am I even blathering about this? Because we all know the frustration of keeping any electronic item charged. Smarth watches, phones of course, all sorts of other stuff. Glasses will need a good thick frame to house an appropriate contoured battery. I do think there can be a lot of game changing applications, such as using AI with a Google lens searching when identifying large groups of disparate items.
But if people look dorky will they wear them?
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