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.
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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.
