article_snippet: Now Google has been granted a patent that hints that the clunky piece of hardware could one day be replaced with not much at all.
article_snippet: a patent that hints that the clunky piece of hardware could one day be replaced with not much at all hints that Google is one of many thinking about ways to revolutionise large piece of hardware, which have outgrown portable devices such as tablets and phones.
article_snippet: While the patent filing doesn’t mean that Google is working on The design, the patent filing does hints that Google is one of many thinking about ways to revolutionise the traditionally large piece of hardware, which has outgrown many portable devices such as tablets and phones.
article_snippet: A patent filed by Samsung last March reads:
article_snippet: Recently there is much interest in the wearable computers such as glasses-type terminal and wristwatch terminals.
highlights_snippet: Patent suggests audio sensors could be plugged into a phone or tablet .
  
highlights_snippet: Google is one of many firms working to revolutionise physical hardware .