On the other hand, this is why the Apple Watch and the Google Glass make sense.
You can watch real artisans blowing glass, making lye soap and carving chairs the old-fashioned way.
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Spectators watch the proceedings behind soundproof glass, and receive audio on a 40-second delay so that a court security officer can switch on a white noise machine while classified information is being discussed.
Scan the sidewalk menus for some chilli crab or the local staple ayam buah keluak (chicken cooked with a dark, oily local nut), or just sip a glass of wine and watch chugging "bumboats" ripple the reflections on the river.
"The government better watch the Olympic spending with a magnifying glass, " he says.
According to Korea Times, citing a source familiar with the matter, LG is building both a smart watch and a product similar to Google Glass.
Immerse yourself in surroundings that evoke a more genteel era and watch treasures from the archives in the glass orangerie (modelled on Crystal Palace), silent films accompanied by live orchestration in the neo-classical drawing room or take part in a foley workshop (recording sound effects) in the crumbling stable block.
While in training, Mr. Newman's technicians are typically relegated to the "triage" area, where devices are laid out on an antistatic mat and diagnosed before being brought to the "operating room, " a workshop in the back of the store that has a large glass window for customers to watch what's going on.
Today it's spread out in a laboratory at the museum behind a glass wall where the public can watch as it's restored.
But I also saw how she hit a glass ceiling, and had to watch as men, no more qualified than she was, rise up the corporate ladder.
Pebble has already demonstrated consumer interest in a watch that tethers to a smartphone, and Google Glass has staked claim to the leading edge on wearables.
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It looks like Google has considered transferring ideas from Project Glass over to your wrist by patenting a smart watch with a transparent, flip-up touchscreen.
If you want to apply, you might watch this YouTube video How It Feels (Through Glass) for inspiration.
Celebrations in Manchester include a huge fireworks display at Castlefield, while up to 10, 000 people will watch a parade and the lighting of a beacon at the National Glass Centre in Sunderland.
Builders watch out: electricity makes up 8% of the cost of making glass, 15% of cement and 20%-plus of bricks.
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Classic butler service was reintroduced, the famous Afternoon Tea room had its original glass cupola restored, the Savoy Grill was redone under the watch of Chef Gordon Ramsay, the lobby, the house cars, every element was fully updated and brought to the highest standards.
In Haroon Bilour's glass cabinet, along with his father's glasses, a silver Rolex watch and a pen with the logo of the British store Harrods, lies the evidence that his father Bashir killed by a suicide bomber sent by religious fanatics was a deeply pious man.
This classic establishment lines the wall of the hotel facing Madison Avenue, which can be seen through stained glass windows behind the bar, and is a perfect place to sip an aperitif and watch hotel guests go about their business.
The set includes a wristwatch, a pocket watch and a wood and leather presentation case and tools, including an 18-karat-gold magnifying glass.
The television audience got to watch it all live: the cross-eyed canvassers holding ballots up to the light under the big round magnifying glass, searching for signs of intent.
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