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How the Google Glass experiment imploded

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The Sydney Morning Herald
Technology

How the Google Glass experiment imploded

This is a story that involves lots of public intrigue, a futuristic wearable technology, a secret laboratory, fashion models, sky divers and an interoffice love triangle that ended a billionaire's marriage.

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