[Makerspace-keymembers] Glass nomination has been accepted.

[Emily Knox]

We can look into getting support from Acorn Active Media on this.


On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Elizabeth Surbeck <ejsurbeck at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey, gang! Update!
>
> The Google Glass team accepted the nomination Erich put in my name last
> night.
>
> So some thoughts....
>
> The developer edition costs $1500+tax so I'm thinking a budget of $1600 is
> a safe bet.
>
> It has a lot of potential though to bring together Py-CU and Makerspace
> and individuals outside these groups to create some pretty fantastic things
> if nothing else for the sake of creating fantastic things. And writing and
> sharing about said fantastic things.
>
> Glass can be developed using languages other than Java. They already have
> quickstart libraries available in Java, PHP, Ruby, and Python.
>
> I have safely six days to purchase and then my purchase code expires.
> Seven according to the email but that was last night.
>
>
> Here is what I would like from keymembers. I want thoughts on the safebet
> usefulness and interest we can get from this. Also, would there be any way
> to get this thing via fundraising at all.
>
> If it comes down to me purchasing it, I would do it thinking it was a safe
> enough risk as an investment in tech exploration for myself and my
> immediate community. Another way this can be handled is that we pool money
> to get it and those who want to develop with it have reserved right to time
> with it with that money.
>
> Your thoughts and arguments would be appreciated.
>
> Liz
>
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