The Morning After: Intel attempts smartglasses
Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Good morning! Interested in a three-wheeled EV? How about a Han Solo origins movie? Ah, okay, how about Intel trying to make smart glasses a thing? We also take a closer look at how a US Paralympian designed Team USA's snowboard prosthetics for this year's Winter Olympics, while we get ready for the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch planned for this afternoon . A low-powered laser beams images into your eye. Intel's smart glasses are subtle enough that you might want to wear 'em Intel has launched an impressively light, regular-looking set of smart glasses called Vaunt, confirming last week's rumors. Seen by The Verge , they have plastic frames and weigh just under 50 grams, a bit more than regular eyeglasses but much less than Google Glass, for example. The electronics are crammed into the stems and control a very low-powered, class-one laser that shines a red, monochrome, low-fi image into your eye. Perhaps crucially, the gla...