“OK Glass — Go to Lab Results”

The following is a guest post by Jon Fox MD, Founder of HealthApp Connect. This changes everything. Last week I had the opportunity to demo Google Glass. I test drove the Glass of one of the four thousand “Explorers” who were lucky enough to “win” a pair of specs from Big G. And as a healthcare provider, I must say that it knocked my socks off. As you probably know, Google’s innovative Glass is a small rectangular mirror held in front of your right eye by a lightweight titanium band. You turn on your Glass by tapping this band, or alternatively tilting your head back. Then a transparent prompt appears in front of your eye at a comfortable fixed focal length. I presume if you’re visually challenged, a corrective lens can be added to the otherwise glassless frame. Responding to the prompt, I said “OK Glass, take a picture” and it took a photo of the person in front of me. “OK Glass, take a video” launched a 10 second video recording. When I said “OK Glass, send text message”, I was asked by a pleasant female voice to whom I wanted it sent. The voice seemed to come from inside my skull, and I’m told that sound is conducted via your temporal bone, providing an intimate and pleasing aural experience. I could also navigate by swiping or tapping the touchpad built into my “sky blue” titanium frame. Although physicians may find that talking to or playing with their specs is not appropriate in a clinical setting, I expect commands someday will be relayed...
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