Firefighters in Green Bay, Wisconsin, are testing Google Glass to see how it might help fight, prevent and/or investigate fires. The department’s efforts were profiled this week by local TV station WBAY, and their news story is embedded below. Firefighting has

A global network of millions of genomes could be medicine’s next great advance. Availability: 1-2 years Breakthrough Technical standards that let DNA databases communicate. Why It Matters Your medical treatment could benefit from the experiences of millions of

Apple CEO Tim Cook doesn’t have kind words for Google Glass, saying Apple “always thought it would flop.” His comments are in an incredibly long profile of Jony Ive, Apple’s design VP, just published this week in New Yorker. Most of the

Two Wichita State University professors have created a new access that expands the field of view of the built-in camera on Google Glass. The device is called Google Lens, and it’s the work of Dr. Jibo He and Dr. Barbara Chaparro. If the name Jibo He sounds

Don’t tell the mainstream tech media, but the Glassware directory continues to grow a full month after Google shut down the Explorer program. Three apps have recently been approved, bringing the directory to a total of 118 apps. Here’s a look at the new

Glass (The Device) Google Glass Explorers Left Wondering About Technology They’ve Worn For Years, fatcatwebproductions.com Flaws in Google Glass, proving wearable technology can fail, www.theaustralian.com.au Is Google Glass Poised To Become The Betamax Of

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Anthem, the second largest health insurance provider in the United States, revealed on Thursday that its records have been compromised by hackers—resulting in the possible leaking of names, birthdays, addresses, Social Security numbers, and employment data for

Fitness trackers and even Samsung televisions are becoming more advanced, and that data can inadvertently reveal sensitive things we never meant to make public Would you take to Twitter and announce that you’d just had sex? Including details of

Dr. Lloyd Zucker, a Florida-based brain surgeon, likens his job to flying a plane. When he goes into someone’s skull to operate, he has to navigate the nerve fibers, and like a pilot flying by buildings, he wants to avoid damage. To avoid a crash, Zucker uses

Droiders, a Spanish developer team, is releasing its YouTube video-streaming Glassware Streye Live, news sure to stir the pot of discussion about continuing app development for Google Glass. The app lets owners of the Glass Explorer edition start broadcasting

The tech industry and press has proclaimed Google Glass “dead” many times, most recently when Google announced last month that it was closing the Explorer program. “Google Glass is dead” makes for a catchy headline, perhaps, but the truth of

Here are your Google Glass headlines for the week. Enjoy! Glass (The Device) Sorry, But Google Glass Isn’t Anywhere Close to Dead, Wired Using Glass Google Glass Is Being Trialled At European Airport, TechCrunch Don’t give up on Google Glass in travel:

President Obama has officially announced a new biomedical research project that will use the power of big data to help with the development of specialized drugs to treat diseases like cancer and diabetes. Referring to the initiative as “precision

There will be half a billion wearable devices in use around the world within four years, including smart watches and fitness trackers – fuelling an 18-fold growth in mobile traffic There will be half a billion wearable devices in use around the world within four

An Apple relay will keep your doctor’s fears allayed. That’s the plan, at least, behind the company’s growing health care strategy: To use the Apple HealthKit platform to collect real-time data from iPhones, the soon-to-be-released Apple Watch,

A smartphone attachment costing $34 performs rapid testing for HIV and syphilis in a Rwanda trial. A smartphone attachment with a microfluidic mixing chamber connects to a smartphone’s audio jack for power. In a small trial in Rwanda, a $34 smartphone attachment