Google Glass , those augmented reality glasses (with a tiny computer on a screen attached to the lens) created by the “Google X” laboratory and which are not yet available to the general public, could have a very important social function. A recent study by the world’s largest scientific society, the American Chemical Society , ruled that these peculiar glasses could save lives , especially in isolated locations from urban centers. The conclusions of the work have been published in the journal ACS Nano .
The way in which Google Glass would help save lives is based on a very simple application, specially designed for this device that works under the Android operating system. The “app” would take a photograph of a blood or urine test sheet and send the image together with its QR code (quick response code) to a series of computers. These would quickly analyze the results and reach a reliable diagnosis for the patient in question, eliminating the intermediate step of making an appointment with the doctor to determine if there is something remarkable in our analyzes. The results would be immediate. In the pilot tests carried out, the results were available in just eight seconds .
All this information collected by millions of people around the world (when the gadget became massive) could also help researchers to track the spread of diseases around the world, avoiding unnecessary loss of life thanks to the previous detection of possible public health threats before the epidemic or disease outbreak occurs.
