The Hype Cycle: What’s Next for Google Glass? And Forktrucks too: Wish eMagin CEO Sculley Would Call Them Forklifts Like the Rest of Humanity but He's Right About the Need: One in Six Workplace Deaths Caused by Forklift Accidents, Wow, no Idea

but obviously there is a real cause for concern for operators not only would smartglass increase productivity they would save lives and avoid injury.


"Many of the facilities I visit require that employees wear orange safety vests to make them visible to forklift drivers. Imagine embedding a Bluetooth device in those vests and equipping drivers with Google Glass; together these technologies can alert the driver of nearby co-workers before they come into view. As a component of the IoMT, Google Glass can provide simple, yet significant opportunity to improve plant safety – according to Compliance and Safety, one of six workplace deaths are related to forklifts, and 80% of forklift accidents involve pedestrians."

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/the-hype-cycle-whats-next-for-google-glass/