The Rundown AI: Amazon deploys AI-powered glasses for delivery drivers

Amazon deploys AI-powered glasses for delivery driversImage source: Amazon

The Rundown: Amazon just introduced new smartglasses for its delivery fleet that project navigation instructions and package info directly into a driver’s vision, marking the e-commerce giant’s latest infusion of AI tech into its efficiency push.

The details:The glasses display turn-by-turn directions, package scanning data, and delivery confirmations, eliminating constant phone checking during deliveries. Drivers wear a controller clipped to their vest containing swappable batteries for all-day operation, plus an emergency button for immediate assistance. Amazon said future versions will detect wrong-address drop-offs in real time, ID hazards like pets, and adjust display brightness for low-light conditions.

Why it matters: These glasses look like the visual interface sci-fi has long predicted, with the ‘augmentation’ of human workers equipped with real-time data and insights. Efficiency gains are clear, but workplace surveillance and constant digital guidance concerns could determine if this becomes standard across industries.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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