Jan 16 2012
Spam Mail “In Your Face”?
OK, want to see people randomly turning red, giggling for no clear reason or coming completely lost in a meeting in mid-sentence. Transmit spam mail to their eye glasses so only they can see the erctile-dysfunction ad:
It could be extremely useful as a portable GPS system, but there are concerns that it could be distracting for pedestrians who can often be seen walking round with their heads buried in mobile phones.
One commenter, Erin Altman, wrote in a technology forum: ‘Bad idea alert! Just like hands-free devices for cell phones, these things will give people a false sense of security. They will THINK they can still see what’s going on around them but will be way too focused on the display instead.
This really is a bad idea, and a step towards the WALL-E world. As if this is not already beginning:
Certainly would be distracting.
When I was in the mall during Christmas shopping, I would estimate that probably 10- 20% of the people walking around were concentrating on their smartphone. I had to purposely avoid collisions with them more than once. This was not very unsafe, as it would be if they were operating a car while smartphoning.
I don’t know what the answer to all this is. One thing I’m sure of is that more government intervention IS NOT the answer.
Here’s the famous “girl in mall walks into fountain while texting” video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umRXAkZ8Xo0
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