Newt Gingrich Goes to the Zoo (With Google Glass)

[image error]Newt Gingrich tried out Google Glass today at the zoo in Peoria, Illinois. And while we've been promised a film of the noted historian's animal encounters, Gingrich delivered a few great picture tweets of himself as a preview.

On way to Peoria zoo with google glass at two pm. Should be fun and interesting. Then on to campaign with Darin Lahood.

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 25, 2013

Gingrich, as we've explained before, is the foremost tech prophet of our time. His embrace of Google Glass, therefore, means that the new product will, frankly, be a massive success. But until everyone else catches up, we'll have to make do with Gingrich's day at the zoo. 

The day got off to a worrying start: Newt's visit with a giraffe was charming, but notably lacking in visible Google Glass on his face: 

Feeding Taji the giraffe at the @peoriazoo pic.twitter.com/SJ0b98mu10

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 25, 2013

And then all was well. Here's Newt, wearing Google Glass, petting a turtle: 

Capturing my visit with George the turtle on @googleglass. @peoriazoo pic.twitter.com/Sf6DJv0x6j

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 25, 2013

And a bird: 

RT @f8andbthere2: White headed birds of a feather? @newtgingrich meets Bebe the cockatoo at the Peoria Zoo. pic.twitter.com/foxpHSEVdJ

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 25, 2013

Gingrich has been planning his Google Glass trip since at least April, when he indicated in a weekly newsletter that he was thinking the zoo would be a great place for his first "experiment" with the wearable computer.