Google Glass Teardown Deconstructs Iconic Eyewear into Simple Components

We’ve written about the technology behind Google glass before, but this teardown Scott Torborg and Star Simpson is the first glimpse of the small computer as independent electronic components. Their reaction?  “It’s surprisingly simple.”

Not only was the duo able to safely disassemble Glass, they were also able to re-assemble Glass and make it functional.

Much of the disassembly ahead was specialized, and required a certain precision in dexterity to pull off. That said, if you’re careful and familiar with disassembling consumer products, Glass did not seem to present any major lurking hazards of inadvertent disassembly damage to components.

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