The glasses you can hide behind

Stuck in a boring meeting? Then you need AgencyGlass: goggles that make you look wide-eyed with wonder, even if you are fast asleep. Developed by Hirotaka Osawa at the University of Tsukuba in Japan, the goggles display animated eyes and come with motion sensors. When you nod your head, for instance, the eyes blink. If your head drops forward, the eyes will move to maintain gaze direction with your partner. Spookily, the eyes also follow the motion of the person you are talking to. Watch them in action at bit.ly/fakeeye

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