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Golden-i turns wearer into a cyborg, sort of

Kopin's entire system, which projects a 15-inch virtual display, is also voice-controlled, so you simply say the corresponding text on the icons to activate the functions.

Golden-i
Kopin

It's not a ripoff of GoldenEye in the James Bond series, but the Golden-i could have been something to emerge from the gadget labs of Q.

Spotted at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the Golden-i wireless Bluetooth/Wi-Fi headset is meant for users who usually have both hands busy but still need computer access. The entire system, which projects a 15-inch virtual display, is also voice-controlled, so you simply say the corresponding text on the icons to activate a PC's data and applications.

The software, supplied by speech solutions provider Nuance, is intelligent enough to ignore a normal conversation as it'll listen for a gap in the speech before it recognizes a legit command. Pretty cool stuff here, but there's no word on when the patent-pending device will become available.

(Source: Crave Asia via Wired)