Vergence Labs, founded by a Stanford Engineer and a UCLA and NUS MBA, has developed a smart eyeglasses prototype that can display data from the Web in a person’s field of view. Not great with names? The glasses are equipped with a computer and a camera capable of performing facial recognition. When interacting with someone in the wearer’s social network, the glasses can display that person’s Facebook profile information, relationship status, and even allow them to Google the person’s name! The glasses can also display computer graphics for an augmented view of reality and potentially enable wearers to play social games in a 3D environment. Still in the early stages of development, this technology has the potential to radically impact the way people interact and communicate.
| Smart Eyeglasses Enable Social Networking |
Source: PRWeb
| Engineering the Career of Your Dreams |
Want to learn about the amazing places a career in engineering, computing, or technology can take you? Check out the Dream Jobs 2012 Special Report in this month’s edition of IEEE Spectrum, which profiles 10 engineers with incredible careers. From exploring the depths of the ocean, to thrilling audiences with feats of acrobatics, to making the Web accessible to the blind; these professionals are living their dreams, making a difference, and pushing the boundaries of our imagination through engineering.
Source: IEEE Spectrum
| More Engineers Top Business Ranks |
A new working paper out of Harvard Business School reports that engineers are more likely to be amongst companies’ top ranks than MBAs. An analysis of more than 300 Fortune 500 companies found that generic positions such as “chief operating officer” are being replaced by function-specific leadership positions such as technology or marketing chiefs. More engineers and technology professionals are also becoming entrepreneurs. A new study examining 36 million Facebook profiles found that of 4,353 CEOs across all industries, approximately three quarters possessed an advanced degree in engineering, while only one quarter possessed an advanced degree in business.
Source: The Wall Street Journal
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