{"261531":{"#nid":"261531","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Wearables Pioneer Thad Starner: How Wearing Tech on Our Bodies Actually Helps It Get Out of Our Way","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECan we make devices that encourage in-person, face-to-face communication \u2014 while still delivering the data people need, only when they need it? I\u2019ve been making and using wearable computers in my daily life since 1993 and have been a technical lead and manager on Google Glass since its first year in 2010. It may seem like a paradox, but I argue that bringing technology and computing\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Ecloser\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;to the body can actually improve communication and attention \u2014 allowing technology to get\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Efurther\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;out of the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wired.com\/opinion\/2013\/12\/the-paradox-of-wearables-close-to-your-body-but-keeping-tech-far-away\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESource: Wired\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27592","created_gmt":"2013-12-17 10:56:35","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:54","author":"Joshua Preston","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"in solidarity","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/opinion\/2013\/12\/the-paradox-of-wearables-close-to-your-body-but-keeping-tech-far-away\/","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1299","name":"GVU Center"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"82341","name":"Google Glass"},{"id":"1944","name":"Thad Starner"},{"id":"10353","name":"wearable computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}