Popular Science - Google Glass Unless you've been living under a rock -- a rock without wi-fi -- you know that wearable technology is the Next Big Thing. From rings to running shoes to the fabrics in our clothes, we'll soon carry around a host of gadgets that record our lives, monitor our health, and, of course, pester us with coupons from every coffee shop we pass. The most high-profile of these soon-to-arrive gadgets is Google Glass. But strange as it may seem, some folks aren't so keen on the idea of people peering constantly into the middle distance to check their Facebook news feed. Among those folks: legislators, who are especially worried about distracted driving. Heck, Google Glass isn't even officially on sale yet, and already elected officials in West Virginia and Wyoming are trying to prevent drivers from wearing it. And a woman in California received a traffic ticket for sporting Google Glass behind the wheel. Next, the battle heads to New York, where Brooklyn Assembl
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