Some of the venture capital investors behind the Glass Collective, a project that will provide seed funding for developers and companies creating apps for Google Glass, said recently that they’re particularly interested in medical applications for the Glass.
They’re definitely not the only ones. While Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Andreessen Horowitz are vetting investment opportunities in Glass apps, thousands of consumers have been selected to test out the glasses and gauge what kind of apps would make them most useful (after the selected consumers hash out $1,500 for them, of course).
First Google extended the offer to some early adopters, Glass Explorers. (Among the first set of Explorers was a doctor who said he’d use them to “revolutionize how clinical trials are conducted.”) Then came the #ifihadglass finalists. I browsed through the selected ideas (full listing here) and picked out some of the most intriguing ideas for the healthcare industry.
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I am 100% disabled vet who #ifihadglass would like to see how I could use it improve mobility and better social integration
— GanderHeroDog (@veterantraveler) Feb. 21, 2013
#ifihadglass I would provide an HIV desktop drug docking mechanism simulator for Dr’s to rapid cloud test potential vaccine results
— Scott D. Redmond (@1ScottRedmond) Feb. 21, 2013
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#ifihadglass I’d provide context-sensitive, evidence-based exercise, diet, & adherence reminders & risk warnings to improve public health
— Lisa Gualtieri (@lisagualtieri) Feb. 21, 2013
Explore the role in #DigitalHealth to enhance real-time MD / patient interactions, education & improved clinical outcomes.#ifihadglass
— JOHN NOSTA (@JohnNosta) Feb. 22, 2013
#ifihadglass I’d use it to revolutionize healthcare. Imagine images filing directly to EMR charts and dictation on the fly all from Glass.
— Jacob Friedman (@jacobdfriedman) Feb. 22, 2013
#ifihadglass I’d make videos for the sick patients at my hospital who are unable to leave and give them things to look forward to!
— Ben Patton (@Ben_Patton) Feb. 20, 2013
#ifihadglass Google Glass would be great during my orthopedic surgeries. Record and research at the same time. Hope I did it right.
— Thomas H. Lee (@thomasleemd) Feb. 21, 2013
“Imagine a brain computer interface, mHealth device and memory prosthetic all in one. Buckle up. #ifihadglass ” buff.ly/luW3uM
— David G. Armstrong (@dgarmstrong) Feb. 23, 2013
#ifihadglass I would get into Telemedicine (with the patient’s permission of course)- very cool device!
— Josemd (@Josemd) Feb. 20, 2013
#ifihadglass if use it to connect doctors and patients in real time to improve medical care
— Dr. Josh, AtlasMD (@AtlasMD) Feb. 21, 2013
#ifihadglass I want to make an app that helps deaf people “see” what others are talking about.
— Chengyin Liu (@chengyinliu) Feb. 20, 2013
#ifihadglass use it for physical therapists conducting therapy on patients allowing them to use both hands and documenting at the same time — Sunny Patel ? (@unleashthesun) Feb. 22, 2013
#ifihadglass I would explore its role in the continuum of healthcare education and practice. twitter.com/jeffreytaekman… — Jeffrey Taekman, MD (@jeffreytaekman) Feb. 28, 2013
#ifihadglass I’d develop health solutions like photo diagnosis and ophthalmoscope. Would also love others to see the world through my eyes.
— Steve Garguilo (@sdgarguilo) Feb. 20, 2013
#ifihadglass I would endeavor to find ways it could help Aspergers or ADHD, such as a body language recognition or an app for organizing. — James Dabbagian (@JTDabbagian) Feb. 20, 2013
#ifihadglass I could better understand how my patients’ lives (family, friends, environment) intersect with their disease — Joyce Lee (@joyclee) Feb. 26, 2013
#ifihadglass I’d give it to a quadriplegic friend (longest surviving on ventilator!),completely change his ability to communicate,learn,QOL.
— Daniel Cotlar (@danielcotlar) Feb. 22, 2013
@projectglass #ifihadglass I’d use it on my next robot for the elderly, an artificial intelligent nurse. twitter.com/benhylak/statu…
— Benjamin Hylák (@benhylak) Feb. 23, 2013
#ifihadglass I would caption everything (I am deaf) using a speech recognition software and language processor that I am helping to develop — Benjamin Lachman (@LachmanBenjamin) Feb. 25, 2013
#ifihadglass I would manage my blood sugar w/instant nutritional information & photo blogging handsfree! #juvenilediabetes@projectglass — Jon Casanova (@joncasanova) Feb. 20, 2013
#ifihadglass I would want to stand in a surgical room and record the entire thing in detail asking as many questions as I could.
— Nicole (@nicole_n_mycole) Feb. 26, 2013
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