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Spectacles calculator

 Look n add up
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Simple text-recognition technology, applied to a pair of spectacles, could turn them into a useful calculator. Simply look at a mathematical problem and the solution would be displayed with semi-transparent LEDs on the inside of the lens.

Taken one step further, spectacles could scan all kinds of printed materials and translate what they see into electronic data. Look at your photographs to scan them; look at your newspaper to record whole articles; look at barcodes while you shop to add up the bill...

—gilest, Jul 07 2000

Instant replay http://www.halfbake...ea/Instant_20replay
Hey! Combine it with this for the complete spectacles UI [hippo, Jul 07 2000, last modified Oct 04 2004]

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       This would be a great application of my "HUDS for Glasses" idea. (q.v.)
—dominus, Jul 10 2000
   

       I'd love a pair, Product Bar Codes (or UPC codes) do not contain product prices. They are simply unique product numbers which the store then compares against their database to obtain a price. So unless you have access to the stores database.....
—gemm, May 21 2003
   


 

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