goggles
Software

Google’s Goggles App Brings The Getty Museum To Life

Google Goggles is getting all museum-y on us. Google has partnered with the Getty Museum to let visitors photograph artwork with Goggles and receive a guided virtual tour in exchange.

May 10, 2011
Software

Google Goggles Is Good At Turning Business Cards Into Contacts

Android: Today’s update to Google Goggles brings improved business card recognition to the search-by-photo app, streamlining the process of converting a colleague’s business card into a digital contact. Goggles had biz card recognition previously, but it has gotten much better at turning cards to contacts since we first mentioned the feature.

April 21, 2011
Science

Night Vision Goggles Are Finally Awesome Again

Night vision is one of those technologies we instinctively think is all high tech, but after 30-plus years, it’s a bit rough around the edges. SA Photonics’ new Hi-Res Night Vision System brings it back up to speed.

April 12, 2011
Science

Darpa’s Hologram Goggles Will Unleash Drone Hell

The Pentagon’s mad-science arm wants robotic death-from-above, on demand. And the key to getting it done just might be holograms.

April 2, 2011
Gadgets

Hasbro’s Goofy MY3D Goggles Are Better Than They Look

The iPhone can’t do 3D – that might be a great thing! – but it’s reality. Hasbro’s got a workaround – strapping your phone to a pair of big plastic goggles that convert an on-screen double image into a stereoscopic effect. It’s surprisingly fun!

March 10, 2011
Gadgets

Recon-Zeal Transcend Heads Up Display Snow Goggles

These are snowboarding/ski goggles with a little heads-up LCD and GPS. Think of it as a fighter jet pilot’s helmet for the slopes.

February 23, 2011
Geek Out

This Umbrella Gives You Goggles To Look Through It

Sure, it may look goofy to have a window pane cutout of goggles on your umbrella but think about the times when rain and neckbreaking wind hook up to create horizontal water bullets aimed for your face. With the Goggle Umbrellas, you have protection! And it’s not as gossip girly as clear bubble umbrellas. $US44 for a set of two. [designboom]

January 7, 2011
Gadgets

Android-Powered Goggles Turn Snowboarding Into A Video Game

If you think Android is limited to smartphones and tablets, think again. Recon Instruments have created new tech which will equip their goggles with the OS, able to run apps that deliver real-time info right in front of your face.

September 20, 2010
Cameras

Camera Scuba Goggles Mean Your Hands Are Free To Punch Sharks In The Face

Gizmodo AU

My greatest Scuba diving fear? Shark attack. Shark attack I can’t defend against because the underwater camera I’m shooting with is strapped to my wrist and makes shark eye-gouging damn near impossible. That’s what makes these Liquid Image camera goggles so appealing.

August 31, 2010

I Want To Believe That These Goggles Will Make Me Look Younger

We’re all going to get old and wrinkly one day and it’s a terrifying thought to most of us. That’s why I really want to believe that these freaky Japanese rubber goggles will somehow make wrinkles disappear.

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