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Beyond Glass: Inside Epson’s Scheme To Make The De-Facto Smart Glasses
Epson can forgive you if your first thought when you hear augmented reality is Google Glass, even though you're wrong. Google may never had actually described its wearable as an AR device, but a combination of the over-promising original concept video and a general naivety about the segment overall led many would-be Glass wearers to be surprised at what the headset really is: a convenient notifications pane in the corner of your vision.
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Brainwave Technology Breakthrough?
In a project that could be a boon for ALS patients, and potentially others with neurodegenerative conditions, Philips and Accenture have developed proof-of-concept technology that enables users to control devices using brainwaves...
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Could Big Data Become Big Brother?
Call it Big Data bloodlust: The more health information being generated by a growing contingency of apps, devices, electronic health records, mHealth sensors and wearables, the broader and stronger the desire for that data becomes...
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FDA Offers Final Guidance For Medical Device Cybersecurity
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted newly-minted recommendations for protecting medical devices from attackers...
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First Use Of Google Glass During Surgery
Dr. Christopher Kaeding, director of sports medicine at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Centre, used the technology to work with a distant colleague using a live, point-of-view video from his operating room via the wearable interactive technology, augmented by a head-mounted computer and camera device. Read More »
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Five Potential Healthcare Applications For Google Glass
Last week I had the opportunity to test Google Glass. It’s basically an Android smartphone (without the cellular transmitter) capable of running Android apps, built into a pair of glasses. [...] Read More »
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For A Glimpse At What’s Next In Health Wearables, Check Out One Design Firm’s Idea For Epileptics
Health monitoring devices of the future will not just be biometric tracking devices or journaling apps or detection and alerting systems, but all of the above as part of one comprehensive solution.
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For mHealth To Succeed, We'll Need Standards
Do you FitBit? It’s a question that’s on the lips of millions of consumers, given that the device manufacturer captured a whopping 67 percent of total wearable fitness trackers sold in 2013...
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Freescale launches $149 Android wearables platform
To help systems designers more easily navigate the quickly evolving consumer wearables market, Freescale Semiconductor is enabling an open-source, scalable reference platform that gives OEMs the building blocks they need to rapidly develop a wide range of wearable product designs from a common platform. Read More »
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Freescale Launches $149 Android Wearables Platform
At CES, the company announces Warp, an open-source electronics board it hopes developers will embrace for a wide range of wearable computing projects. Read More »
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Google Glass And Other Devices Presenting New Crop Of Privacy Risks
Scarcely a day passes when we don’t hear about some new electronic gadget designed to make our lives more productive, convenient, healthy, or entertaining. Read More »
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Google Glass Could Help Air Force Medics Treat Wounded In Battlefield
The Air Force is currently evaluating the effectiveness of Google Glass in battlefield informatics that could allow medics to treat the wounded, WSJ reports. A research group at Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has created several software prototypes and believes Google Glass could serve as a lighter alternative to bulkier, more expensive head-mounted models currently utilized by Air Force personnel...
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Google Glass Gets Healthy Push
Royal Philips and Accenture announced Thursday they will partner to study the creation of a proof-of-concept demonstration that uses a Google Glass™ head-mounted display for researching ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of performing surgical procedures. Read More »
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Google Glass Handed Out To Medical Students At UC Irvine
The California school thinks the device will help students with anatomy, clinical skills, and hospital rotations. Read More »
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Google Glass Links To EHR
'Doctors want to use more and more hands-free technology.'
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