Google Glass originally received a great deal of criticism and legislative action due to privacy and safety concerns. Those who declared Google Glass a failure perhaps spoke too soon as it is now resurfacing as a tool to help children with autism improve their social skills.
A Cambridge, Massachusetts-headquartered company has developed a system for autism that runs on Google Glass, including the newly released Glass Enterprise Edition.
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‘Autism spectrum disorder is characterised by impaired social interaction, communication and sensory sensitivities. Technology is often blamed for pulling people apart, but right use of technology can bring people even closer than they ever might have been.’
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Brain Power, the developer of neuroscience-based augmented reality, launched the "Empower Me" system earlier this month.
The Empower Me system is a digital coach that runs on smartglasses, to empower children and adults with autism to teach themselves social and cognitive skills.
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Using Google Glass, Siberian scientists are developing a prototype of a model to study an individual's proneness to certain brain diseases at an early stage.
The company said it is using the Google Glass platform because tablets or phones require looking down. But the wearable platforms help people keep heads-up and hands-free during social interactions.
"Empowering people is my passion," Brain Power CEO, Ned Sahin, said in a statement.
"Technology is often blamed for pulling people apart, but my goal was to use technology, and science, to bring people even closer than they ever might have been, and to unlock the immense power of their unique brains," Sahin added.
Autism spectrum disorder is characterised by impaired social interaction, communication and sensory sensitivities.
The system features a suite of apps. One such app, Emotion Charades, teaches the user to identify emotions, and understand them, which are common challenges for people on the spectrum.
Users look through the private screen on their smartglasses and see emojis on either side of their partner's face.
They select which one they think matches the facial expression with a spoken command or a subtle head tilt. A software detects emotions and voice commands using Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the head tilt via accelerometer data.
This system can help children learn to improve their ability to correctly decode and understand the emotions of their parents, therapists, siblings, or friends.
Besides aiding emotional understanding, Empower Me also features apps designed to target attention to social cues, including the ability to focus on face and eye regions when it is desirable to do so.
Source: IANS
Google Glass is Helping Scientists to Study Certain Brain Diseases
Using Google Glass, Siberian scientists are developing a prototype of a model to study an individual's proneness to certain brain diseases at an early stage.
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The company said it is using the Google Glass platform because tablets or phones require looking down. But the wearable platforms help people keep heads-up and hands-free during social interactions.
"Empowering people is my passion," Brain Power CEO, Ned Sahin, said in a statement.
"Technology is often blamed for pulling people apart, but my goal was to use technology, and science, to bring people even closer than they ever might have been, and to unlock the immense power of their unique brains," Sahin added.
Autism spectrum disorder is characterised by impaired social interaction, communication and sensory sensitivities.
The system features a suite of apps. One such app, Emotion Charades, teaches the user to identify emotions, and understand them, which are common challenges for people on the spectrum.
Users look through the private screen on their smartglasses and see emojis on either side of their partner's face.
They select which one they think matches the facial expression with a spoken command or a subtle head tilt. A software detects emotions and voice commands using Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the head tilt via accelerometer data.
This system can help children learn to improve their ability to correctly decode and understand the emotions of their parents, therapists, siblings, or friends.
Besides aiding emotional understanding, Empower Me also features apps designed to target attention to social cues, including the ability to focus on face and eye regions when it is desirable to do so.
Source: IANS
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