Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Discovering the OrCam



I’ve been reading The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies by Andrew McAfee, which I highly recommend (so far) for anyone interested in the advance of technology and how it will improve our lives going forward.  

The Second Machine Age


In the book, I discovered the OrCam, a wonderful new technology that reads text for the user.  It’s essentially a little camera that attaches to your glasses and has a small speaker near your ear.  When the user points at text, it is read to her.  Right now the cost is $2,500.00, but as McAfee correctly points out, the cost should come down fairly rapidly.  Here` is a link to the OrCam site and be sure to watch the video demonstration below. 


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