Great! That means I can just buy a cheap pair of dark-framed nerdglasses, walk around talking to my Voices, and no one will notice! That saves the whole “holding a phone to the ear while walking and talking” camouflage.
@blaineg@PhysAssist Sure, but when every third person on the street is talking to his/her glasses/ring /watch/phone, the SS agents (and anyone just talking to him/herself) will blend right in. Security is more secure and oddballs are less oddball-appearing.
@blaineg@rockblossom True, but that’s prolly in the future- right now, you can just go to Wally World, where some significant percentage of those present are talking to something or someone [other than another obviously present and sentient sapient being], at any given time today.
@blaineg@PhysAssist@rockblossom@tinamarie1974 and some of those not on the phone live in my building. There is one here who gives the evil eye if you even so much as look like you notice her conversations. She needs a pair of these.
No, no and…no. Why don’t they just go all the way and make an implantable (don’t think for a minute the don’t have one in development…)
@ybmuG You are way behind the times. DARPA has been working on that for years.
https://www.darpa.mil/news-events/2017-07-10
@rockblossom Yeah, not really surprised. Was really just referring to Amazon. DARPA’s is actually a bit more scary.
Yeah - nothing can go wrong there…
@rockblossom @ybmuG
According to this historical document, they’ve already done it. There were side effects.
https://agirlandherfed.com/main?i=1&p=about
Great! That means I can just buy a cheap pair of dark-framed nerdglasses, walk around talking to my Voices, and no one will notice! That saves the whole “holding a phone to the ear while walking and talking” camouflage.
@rockblossom And so much cheaper than a psychiatrist!
@rockblossom
/giphy ear-piece
That’s why I wear an ear piece- so it looks like I’m talking to you on blue tooth.
@PhysAssist @rockblossom Stop touching your ear!
@blaineg @rockblossom Exactly the problem.
Like the Secret Service agents from “In The Line of Fire” talking to their wrists.
@blaineg @PhysAssist Sure, but when every third person on the street is talking to his/her glasses/ring /watch/phone, the SS agents (and anyone just talking to him/herself) will blend right in. Security is more secure and oddballs are less oddball-appearing.
@blaineg @rockblossom True, but that’s prolly in the future- right now, you can just go to Wally World, where some significant percentage of those present are talking to something or someone [other than another obviously present and sentient sapient being], at any given time today.
@blaineg @PhysAssist @rockblossom and sadly they are not all on the phone!
@blaineg @PhysAssist @rockblossom @tinamarie1974 and some of those not on the phone live in my building. There is one here who gives the evil eye if you even so much as look like you notice her conversations. She needs a pair of these.
@blaineg @Kidsandliz @rockblossom @tinamarie1974 Ouch!
/giphy crazy azz neighbor
No way! I just do not want to be so connected.
Eh. No camera. Same as pairing your standard wireless earbuds to a phone running Alexa app. Except the swipe thing. That’s mildly cool.
@PocketBrain and without having things stuck in your ears.
Creepy.
That’s so creepy, I bet @stolicat needs a glass of chilled wine after that.
@therealjrn definitely - wish I had some sort of glass that kept it nice and frosty …
@stolicat @therealjrn I see what you’all did there…
@PhysAssist @stolicat @therealjrn …shillin’ for the man…
The flex might be worth something. The wearables, not so much.
fuck all of that. bejubess.
Want one of these? Only $250 K…new arm
No way!! Creepy time for sure.
Thanks, but I’m saving my money for a robot butler.
Uhh…I don’t think Brave New World is the appropriate literary analogy here.