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Despite having its fair share of skeptics,  Google Glass  continues to accrue enhancements that could make it a mainstream hit when it officially debuts next year. The latest is from New York-based company  Rochester Optical , which promises to release a special prescription lens add-on for the device in early 2014 (image above is not of the unreleased product). Rochester Optical announced on Wednesday that  Tim Moore , one of the early Glass Explorers, will join its prescription-lens project. “We’ll be ready to start selling these to the public, at the latest, by January,” Moore told  Mashable . The Google Glass-ready prescription lenses will be priced in the same range as standard prescription lenses, according to Moore. Customers will be able to visit a website where they can choose a matching color for their existing device, and enter their prescription information. Lenses will then be shipped to them within two business days. “The arm mount will...

Cecilia Abadie made history in a way she didn't expect Tuesday night — when a California Highway Patrol officer gave her the world's first known ticket for wearing  Google Glass  while driving. Abadie is a project manager at Full Swing Golf in San Diego, and an enthusiastic Glass Explorer. She told her story, and  posted the ticket in question , on Google+. The first violation on the ticket is driving in excess of 65 mph — not an uncommon violation in California. But the second violation reads “Driving with monitor visible to driver (Google Glass)." To make that part of the ticket stick, however, the officer in question will have to prove that Abadie had the screen active at the time. She says it wasn't. California Vehicle Code section 27602 says you can't drive if a video screen "is operating and the monitor, screen, or display is visible to the driver while driving the motor vehicle." There are exceptions for GPS and other navigation devic...