WearAble TeCHnology in Healthcare Society
In collaboration with University of Toronto
I’m betting you haven’t looked at the Glassware directory lately (like me), so you may be as pleasantly surprised as me to learn that there are a pair of new apps that have been added recently. One is built with a very niche audience in mind, while the
This time it’s real. Developer Tim Flack said last summer that he was ready to shut down his Google Glass app, Video Voyager. On Monday night, Flack again emailed the app’s users and confirmed that it’s finally happening later today. Long time users
There were disagreements at Google over the usage and readiness of Google Glass, but that didn’t deter Sergey Brin from turning the device into a spectacle when it went public in 2012. That’s my assessment of the main takeaway from an article in
It’s a busy week for the Glassware directory. One app went away early this week, two others were recently added and another new app launched Wednesday. It’s called Nativo, and it combines the Glass GPS with the Google Places API to provide information
Here are your Google Glass headlines for the week. Enjoy! Developing for Glass Dead or alive: What next for Google Glass app developers?, startups.co.uk Medical student’s startup uses Google Glass to improve patient-physician relationship, med.stanford.edu Glass
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Last summer the tech world was ablaze with the news of the enormous investments being poured into a relatively unheard of company uniquely named “MagicLeap.” With Google leading a $542 million raise for an otherwise undisclosed VR technology the news
mHealth & Wearable Tech: The New Stethoscope WSJ provides an excellent snapshot of how mobile and wearable tech is (and will continue to) change healthcare. Described as new “tools” of care, mHealth & wearable tech has essentially become the
At one time, going back to the 1960s, house calls were fairly common. Since then, physicians – for a multitude of reasons – have abandoned the house call. Today, that is changing. Due to emerging technologies, a “new” version of the house call
It’s a Friday afternoon at the NASA Ames campus where I have been advising an organization that — among other things — is empowering a new generation of leaders to develop products for future social impact. For several weeks, I have been awaiting the
Exceptional. Awe-inspiring. These are just some of the adjectives that have been used to describe Easton LaChappelle, a 19-year-old Colorado teenager whose determination and drive may change the world of robotics and prosthetics for the better. When LaChappelle was
“Augmedix — a service powered by Google Glass — reclaims the hours physicians spend on the computer entering or retrieving data from electronic health records and refocuses them on what matters most: patient care.” Augmedix, of San Francisco,
Continuing the “Glass is good for healthcare” theme comes news that the device recently made the ECRI Institute’s 2015 “Hospital C-Suite Watch List” — basically, a list of important things this year for medical administrators to
Here are your Google Glass headlines for the week. Enjoy! Glass (The Device) Froma Harrop: Google Glass joins the Failure Hall of Fame, www.providencejournal.com Google Glass Got It Backwards, Forbes Google’s Glass deserves a second life after miscue, USA Today
Google Glass came up briefly Thursday as Google revealed its Q4 2014 earnings, when Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette spoke briefly about the recent decision to close the Explorer program and stop selling the current version of Glass. Pichette was telling
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