• Google Glass,  Kids,  Learning

    Helping Kids Through Glass

    We had a great Hangout on Air Friday, March 6 and learned so much from Dr. Joe, Roxanne and Rick. The topic was Kids and the ways Google Glass can be used in education and health. Dr. Joe Cohen discussed his Kiddo EMR practice management tool which utilizes Google Glass for data input. Roxanne Riskin and Rick Sare discussed their series of books built around Glass photos. I have Glass on the Beach and highly recommend it. Roxanne is a learning technologist who speaks to Glass and wearables in the classroom. Other book in the series are here. Check it out and share

  • Google Glass,  Health Care

    The Brains are Betting on Google Glass

    Yes they are, according to a recent article over at Wired. The article titled, Sorry, But Google Glass Isn’t Anywhere Close to Dead, features Cambridge Neuroscientist Dr. Ned Sahin and the work he is doing with Glass and autism. Ned Sahin is betting the future of his company on Google Glass. Sahin is a cognitive neuroscientist with a PhD from Harvard and a masters from MIT, and he recently launched an ambitious startup called Brain Power, building Glass software to help autistic children learn some of the skills they need to interact with those around them. Ned’s company, Brain Power, is one of the bleeding edge developers who see Google Glass and other wearables…

  • Pri-Med
    Google Glass,  Health Care,  Learning,  Medicine

    Google Glass at Pri-Med East

    Unshackle Me: The Power of Google Glass to Liberate [box]Pri-Med East Annual Conference – Panel Discussion Date/time: Saturday September 13 12PM – 1:30PM Location: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center Conference Site and Details Download the conference brochure Registration [/box] VectorSpect is pleased to present a panel discussion at the upcoming Pri-Med Annual Conference at Boston’s Convention and Exhibition Center(BCEC). Working once again with our friends at MedTechBoston.com, we’ve pulled together some of the most influential minds working on the integration of Google Glass with the everyday workflow of healthcare providers. Panelists include: Don Schwartz, Karandeep Singh, MD; Jennifer Joe, MD; Tristan Gorrindo, MD; Stephanie Shine, RN; and Carlos Rodarte. The session…

  • design,  Google Glass

    Designer Ivy Ross to head Google Glass

    Designer and Marketer, IVY Ross is the new head of the Google Glass project at GoogleX. Here is the open letter sent to Glass Explorers. A letter to our Glass Explorers, from the head of Glass My name is Ivy Ross, and I’m excited to be joining Google on Monday, May 19 to lead our Glass efforts. With your help, I look forward to answering the seemingly simple, but truly audacious questions Glass poses: Can technology be something that frees us up and keeps us in the moment, rather than taking us out of it? Can it help us look up and out at the world around us, and the…

  • Google Glass,  Reviews

    Reporter discusses wearing Google Glass in OR

      “They let us come in with three different types of cameras, and film the entire delivery from the minute Julie [the mother] was wheeled in, to the moment that one of her babies went into the neonatal intensive care unit,” Quinn said. It isn’t just the unique access that made this story special. Kay Quinn became one of the first journalists to use Google Glass technology inside of an operating room . Read the full story at KSDK here

  • Boston,  Google Glass,  Health Care,  People

    More photos from Google Glass Challenge event

    It was an awesome event!  Over 200 professionals gathered plus two or three photographers and videographers who’s work we’ve been waiting to view.  Well, wait no longer.  MedTech Boston has posted a Photo Montage on their site and it is well worth a look to see and remember the interesting people you met while discussing Google Glass in Healthcare. Click here to be taken to the gallery on MedTechBoston.com    

  • Google Glass,  Health Care,  Learning,  Medicine,  Meetups,  VectorSpect

    The Future of Medicine through Google Glass

    Google Cambridge, MA on April 23, 2014 witnessed an overflow crowd as brilliant minds focused on applications for Google Glass in the medical fields.  Over 200 turned out from Physicians, Developers, Hospital Administrators and members of the press.  Some even flew in from California for the opportunity to meet with the top minds working on advancing patient care and safety via the wearable heads-up, hands-free tool that is Google Glass. A highlight of the evening was the finalist presentations in the Google Glass Challenge for Medicine and one young woman stood out as a knowledge leader to be listened to. Florence Doo is a first year medical student at Oakland…

  • Google Glass,  Medicine,  Meetups,  VectorSpect

    Google Glass in Medicine

    Our Wednesday event in Cambridge, MA has surpassed registration hopes and is now in waiting list mode.  200 Physicians,  Hosp Admins, Developers and Googlers. I plan to live Tweet and G+ #throughglass and we may be Live OnAir but that is undecided at this time.  Hastag is #GGMED14 or you can follow me @GraniteView on Twitter. The registration page https://www.eventbrite.com/e/google-glass-challenge-finalist-presentations-expert-panel-tickets-11157350937 

  • Boston,  Google Glass,  Health Care,  Medicine

    Beth Israel Hospital to Use Google Glass in ER

    Boston Globe 4-09-2014 Dr. Steven Horng launched a Google Glass pilot program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center late last year because he thought the futuristic device could help save lives. One night in January proved that. A patient with bleeding in the brain told Horng he was allergic to certain blood pressure drugs — which the doctor needed to slow the hemorrhage — but didn’t know which ones. Horng had little time to leaf through the man’s medical files or search for records on a computer, but with Google Glass, he didn’t have to. Instead he quickly called up the patient’s information on the device’s tiny screen and saved…

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