With technology, I'm not normally super late to the game, but I first heard about Google Glass today.

Sounding and looking like the stuff of science fiction novels, Google Glass is essentially a computer and camera built into some exceedingly futuristic-looking glasses. The item takes pictures, records film, allows a user to share film, surfs the internet and can event find the perfect restaurant. It's like the iPhone's FaceTime multiplied by ten with a hefty dose of Siri, sans her annoying tones, one might hope to assume.

And the reason this item was brought to my attention? Twitter. More specifically, an article by Fast Company about how casinos and now movie theaters are considering a ban on the device; it's too easy to sit there and watch the latest blockbuster wearing these enhanced spectacles and record it. And share it. This, of course, is highly illegal, and so the MPAA would do well to institute said restrictions before it becomes an issue.

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