Between the sci-fi future of Project Glass and this intriguing new Pixel, I find myself getting more and more excited about Google hardware.

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Nearby is the 563-room Shangri-La, an ultramodern marble and glass tower hotel offering equally expansive rooms and views, free wi-fi, and a bar on the 36th floor with a very popular happy hour.

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Much of the unease over Glass revolves around whether it will ultimately incorporate facial-recognition software a sci-fi-sounding scenario that, according to The Wall Street Journal, was proven by a group of Carnegie Mellon University researchers in 2011.

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