• design,  Google Glass,  Health Care,  Learning

    Wearable Devices Design Sprint for Health

    We are very proud to be part of the team bringing students, designers, professionals and physicians together for a day to imagine the future of wearables in health. The full day, Design Sprint, taking place October 17, 2014 at Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, will be a jam packed day for meeting and working with DC area professionals and students who share a deep desire to influence the future of healthcare. This will be a focused, guided brainstorming scrum. “Design sprints are inspired by the iterative, time-bounded, and user-focused aspects of Agile Development and Design Thinking.” We will be focused on Google Glass and Android Wear and discussing Oculus…

  • 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…

  • Boston,  Google Glass,  Health Care,  Medicine

    Google Glass in Harvard Medical Research

    On July 22, I was honored to participate in a Hangout On Air with three Boston area physicians, two of whom are leading active projects at their Harvard Medical School research facilities.  Moderated by Dr. Jennifer Joe of MedTechBoston.com, the discussion focused on how application development is proceeding, HIPAA issues and our desires for the future development of the Glass platform. In this hour plus video you will hear honest experiences and opinions by Dr. Karandeep Singh, Nephrology Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Massachusetts General Hospital, Software Developer, Informatician and Dr. Synho Do, Assistant Medical Director for Advanced Health Technology Engineering, Research, and Development, MGPO.  We were also joined by Dr. Ismail Nabeel of Ohio State. The general…

  • Uncategorized

    Mass Innovation Nights 64 #MIN64

    I always enjoy events where smart people come to meet other smart people and make an effort to say “Hi I’m …”. Mass Innovation Nights 64, held at the WaterTown Arsenal offices of Athena Health was such an event.  Of course I also love when people ask “is that Google Glass?”.  Bobbie Carlton and her team at Mass Inno have been doing this for well, 64 nights and they have the formula down. You can read about the startups that presented and all the great sponsors over at the Mass Innovation Nights site, I just want to post some of my #ThroughGlass photos and let all my readers know that…

  • 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

  • Google Glass,  Learning,  Meetups,  VectorSpect

    Google Glass in Healthcare Video

    Last month we hosted a Meetup at Google Cambridge where over 200 Physicians, Hospital Administrators,  Students and Developers gathered in Boston to present and explore opportunities for Glass in Medicine.   Watch the presentations and demos here. MedTech Boston Google Glass Challenge – Keynotes and Demos from MedTech Boston on Vimeo.

  • 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…

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