Now that is interesting. I see many possible use of that, especially to help blind people to detect obstacles.
I wish I had audio on this computer, I might have to check it out again when I get home. But as soon as I saw Johnny Lee, my immediate reaction was "oh well that explains a lot". I'm really happy for the guy knowing he's got a job in this kind of thing, he completely deserves it. Engineers like him are extremely rare these days.
When i read the headline I thought Google had come up with a contextually sensitive system to tell people that the stuff they were posting to Facebook was pointless and to please STFU.
*waits for people to start freeking out about privacy issues, data collecting and google mapping the inside of their house for sinister reasons.