In February 2013, Google announced Project Glass. Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display so the wearer can see everything without moving their head. There is no screen on Glass, it uses a small mirrored prism to bounce information directly into the wearer's right eye. To transmit sound to the wearer, Glass vibrates the skull which then transfers the sound to the inner ear so that the person's normal hearing abilities are not affected. For ease of use there is a small touch-pad on the external surface of the device, around the ear area. When wearing Glass, the wearer can use the Internet, take photos, search on Google, send and receive messages and emails, receive turn-by-turn directions, participate in video chats, and many other things while the wearer has his hands free. All this can work thanks to Google Now, a cloud service. Google Now is a new service that will help users with everyday tasks by examining personal contextual information and public data to be able to alert the user on things ranging from sports scores to traffic conditions. Forbes Magazine's Mike Elgan believes that with Glass' announcement, other big tech companies will begin releasing their own wearable technology. One of Google's main goals when it launched Glass was the mission to produce a ubiquitous computer for the mass market, made to appear anywhere and everywhere. As a result of Google Glass and new wearable technologies, there is a risk that security issues will arise, laws and regulations will need to be updated, and the way people live their lives will need to change. Whenever new technologies are created there is a possibility of security risks. Body damage is a real possibility with Glass. A… middle of paper… an ass is important because it will cause a change in the way the world works and the way people interact. A year after Glass was announced, many other wearable technologies have already been announced. Works Cited Ackerman, Elise. “Could Google Glass hurt your eyes?” Forbes. Forbes Publication, April 3, 2013.Web. March 3, 2014.Elgan, Mike. “Wearable Computing: Business Effects of Google Glass and Smart Watches.” Forbes Magazine.Forbes, July 11, 2013. Web. February 6, 2014.Hoffman, Geoffrey. “10 Ways Google Glass Will Change Us.” PolicyMic. Np, March 13, 2013. Web.February 14, 2014. Simons, Daniel J., and Christopher F. Chabris. "Is Google Glass dangerous?" The New York Times.The New York Times, May 25, 2013. Web. March 2, 2014. Tommaso, Simone. "Google Glass: what impact will it have on our daily lives?" 3 g. Np, 9 October 2013.Web. March 3. 2014.