Comments on: A Google Glass app I want made: carbon emissions viewer

By: matthewmoore3

matthewmoore3 — Wed, 22 May 2013 06:52:02 +0000

This is the damn stupidest oxymoron idea i ever heard!

The carbon emissions to make Google Goggles are pretty whopping in the first place..

when it looks at someone else in ridiculous Google Goggles would it have all the stats for the rare metals it needs from mines in Africa, or all the air miles and externalities to get such a silky product on your face?

come on wake up, drop your stupid ass glasses wandering the streets looking at carbon emission stats and grow a potato..

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:26:09 +0000

Intriguing idea…. I cofounded a social enterprise in Vancouver BC called Climate Smart Businesses – we are building a growing database of third party certified emissions inventories – from office based to manufacturing, trade transport. We are just about to launch a new industry brief series to share some of that benchmark data…

By: Jochen

Jochen — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:03:16 +0000

Even more interesting would be to see the co2 footprint of each person you meet.

By: T Andrews

T Andrews — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:09:53 +0000

Yes absolutely, many potential uses for google glass :)

By: fernando encluna

fernando encluna — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:36:16 +0000

there are garbage dumps in Manila, Philippines, and how I wish Google would made wearable glass, that can detect toxic gases in land fills, viewing from a distance, it is picture of hell, the sight and the smell

By: daniel gray

daniel gray — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 04:16:02 +0000

The hype swirling around Google Glass is somewhat reminiscent of that which swirled around the Segway, back in the day. It will ultimately be used to do what Google does, dare I say best, shove advertisements into eyeballs.

I’d rather see effort put into technology that removes carbon from the atmosphere.

By: archonic

archonic — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:12:15 +0000

I work for a green house gas management firm as an app developer so I thought this was a neat idea. I can tell you, without much pondering, what the biggest barrier to something like this is. Its not the technology or developer willingness or lack of audience, it’s actually a standards problem. There’s lots of companies putting out data, but the accuracy and reliability of this data is up for a lot of debate. Until companies have an ISO certified report of their products emissions, an app like this would just be a tech demo.

Still there’s some really interesting use cases that could happen. If a device has geo-location data, utilities service area, information on those utilities’ yearly emissions and is able to recognize a wall socket, you could overlay the estimated emissions for a 120volt 15 amp outlet (should an appliance draw maximum power from it).

There’s a proposed waste processor plant in London which has a smoke stack that emits it’s smoke in rings. Each ring represents a set amount of C02. Immediate visual feedback on emissions would do the world wonders.

By: vijaysirohi

vijaysirohi — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 18:51:47 +0000

i would rather make my glass dark if emissions in your local area are at dangerous level so that i don’t even go out in dangerous climate.