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Remember that story about the Brain Port device that let blind folks see using their tongue, yes tongue.  Well, the device is back in the news today as Britain’s first citizen received the prototype device.  Pretty cool stuff, but not quite at the level of Star Trek’s Jody Laford.

I think it’s safe to presume that you’re going to spend a significant amount of loot totally converting to 3-D TV and Blu-Ray.  Word from Sony Japan is that they’ve priced the TDG-BR100 and TDG-BR50 Active Shutter 3-D Glasses at $133 a piece.

You are also going to need the Infrared Emitter to get the glasses to work.  That will cost you $55.  They should be arriving around June in Japan.  This seems a tad late given that the post I did a couple of minutes ago detailing Sony’s new 3-D Blu-Ray Players, which arrive in the US by the end of the month.

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It’s that time again.  GadgetReview has teamed up with Vuzix to give away a pair of their Wrap 310 Video Glasses.  The Vuzix Wrap 310 glasses can display both 2D and 3D images, and are compatible with iPod, iPhone, portable DVD players and virtually any portable video source.  In fact, it’s like looking at a 55-inch large screen TV from 9-feet away!  They weigh under 3oz and include built-in ear buds; a complete home theater in your pocket.

We’re giving away one of these.  To enter you must be a US resident and submit a comment below with an email address (so we can contact you).  The comments are moderated so please be patient and enter only one.  If you want a double entry follow us on Twitter and tweet “@gadgetreview #Vuzix310”.

This contest ends 3/12

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As Hipsters are wearing uglier and uglier glasses these days, this pair of video recording glasses should totally slip through the instant judgement meter unnoticed.  These cool guy glasses have a 320×240 pixel video camera embedded between the lenses and is triggered by a press of a button off to the side.

The glasses have 2Gb’s worth of memory which roughly equates to 5 hours worth of footage at 25 FPS.  With swappable lenses (shaded), the internal rechargeable lithium battery also lasts for 5 hours.  Upload your sleazy antics via USB and you can really embrace the voyeur savant you’ve always dreamed of becoming.  On sale now for $150. …Continue reading: PhotoJojo’s “You-Vision” Video Recording Hipster Glasses For The Inner Pervert

The current undisputed king of the geeky gadget may well have just been found, folks–brace yourself for the iPhone Arider.

It’s still in the prototype stage, but one day we’ll all be able to enjoy the iPhone Arider.  And what does it do, you wonder?  Simple–it’s a portable navigation system that feeds to a display in a pair of glasses.  It follows your head motion, so if you want to pan the map to the right, you just look right.  Pan any other direction and you just look that direction.  Even better, it also can be used as a Bluetooth headset, PLUS it will handle Twitter updates.

I couldn’t be happier about this one, folks–I’m eagerly awaiting the day I can buy Spider Jerusalem-style picture taking sunglasses, and every move like this brings me one step closer to my triangle-and-circle.

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I think by now I’ve established myself as a bicyclist on the torrid streets of West LA and Santa Monica.  Riding in the road can be dangerous, especially with vehicles coming from all angles, which often requires me to whip my head from left to right to insure I don’t get T-boned into tomorrows ground beef.  The Nike Hindsight glasses, a concept from designer Billy May, increases the wearer’s peripheral vision by utilizing a Fresnel lens.  The lens captures light beyond the scope of human vision and draws it the eye.  Detail is limited to more of a blur, but rightfully so as too much information could serve as a distraction.

[Yanko]