Teller
Teller
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntertainer
Date of Birth14 February 1948
CountryUnited States of America
bodies computing future lives second ways worn
I started my second company in 1999. BodyMedia was set up to take advantage of the future of wearables - sensors and computing worn on our bodies in any and all ways that could make our lives better.
essence time
It is the essence of innovation to fail most of the time.
answer built decade google great open problems question
There's this open question of what Google is going to be a decade or more from now. Google X isn't the only answer to that question, but it was built as a place to do some of the exploration to find some great new problems for Google to tackle.
batteries density enable found great increase
A ten-times increase in the weight-oriented density of batteries would enable so many other moonshots, if we can find a great idea. We just haven't found one yet.
great hard matter
It's a great story. He's just an inspiration to all of us to keep working hard no matter what happens.
people wanting
'Footloose' is a fun movie. If you do it right, people should leave wanting to dance.
future rare technology
Doing exercise without monitoring yourself will be rare in the future of wearable technology.
glasses ourselves pair rather trying understanding
Rather than thinking of ourselves as a computer, and trying to give you computer-like functionality, it's better to start from the understanding that this is a pair of glasses, and say, 'How smart can we make these glasses for you?'
people
Really, having people who have different mental perspectives is what's important.
great mix
Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.
car imagine meant people text
People text when they're meant to actually be driving. So imagine what they do when they think the car's got it under control.
people unless worn
There's no point having something worn on your body - that's a big ask - unless you can give people something they really couldn't get otherwise. It has to be qualitatively better for it to be worn.
issue number throw
Actually, that issue of 'Don't be evil' is probably the number one reason we throw out ideas.
digital glass harmonize people physical time
The moonshot for Google Glass is to harmonize the physical and digital worlds. It is specifically to find a way to help people be naturally, elegantly situated, physical and digitally, at the same time.