Thanks very much. Just placed my order. We’ll see what can be done with today’s google glass and how it can show the promise for the future.

Zach, so sorry, I ran out of invitations! I can tell you though that the bone conduction thing is complete crap. You can hear the computer generated voice fine (as can anyone next to you!) but you can’t have a phone conversation via Glass. It’s so bad that the next iteration apparently has a normal earbud that you can plug in.

Invitation on the way! I’m pretty nervous about people using such things while driving but for GPS navigation it doesn’t seem any worse than a dashboard mounted device.

Invitation on the way! I’ll be pretty surprised if such a social orthotic is possible with google glass any time soon. But I bet it will be possible eventually so I’m highly in favor of such research!

I invited you. Sadly, your first idea is not possible with the current hardware. Your second idea — starting and stopping a timer — is possible but I’ve found that there’s surprisingly high friction for waking up the device (tapping it or tilting your head) before you can talk to it. I think a Pebble watch would work better for this.

Mike van Lent here. I’d be very interested in an invite for Google Glass if you still have any. I’ve been working on games for autism spectrum assessment and training social skills. I’m wondering if Google Glass might be useful as a Social Orthotic, making social cues more explicit and helping to translate social cues across cultures.

Thanks,
Mike

Hopefully Google Glass won’t be the Microsoft Tablet PC of tablet computing. Google search results have deteriorated in past years, not improved.