Bianca Bosker: Think Google Glass Looks Freakish? How 14th Century Of You
Picture this: a new device that hangs glass in front of people's faces to help them see the world differently. It's a technology so unusual, people consider it awkward, unsightly and ridiculous, and a product so expensive, it's available only to the upper crust.
Sounds like Google Glass, doesn't it? Yet that could just as easily describe the world's early view of eyeglasses.