Tuesday, July 8, 2014

AMAZING STORIES FOUNDER HUGO GERNSBACK INVENTS GOOGLE GLASSES IN 1961

Way back in  1961, for a Life Magazine feature, Hugo Gernsback modeled one of his most futuristic ideas, TV glasses. A few years ago Google caught up with the visionary founder and editor of Amazing Stories with their Google glasses. But the pioneering Gernsback was there first. Albeit, using the some what clunker technology of the time. 
Here Hugo is, modeling his invention:







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