Doctor Performs First Google Glass-Equipped Surgery

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http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2420852,00.asp?google_editors_picks=true

We've seen Google Glass in the shower; we've seen Google Glass at Disneyland; we've even seen Google Glass pop the question.

Now, it's time for a little Google Gross.

Dr. Rafael Grossmann, of the Eastern Maine Medical Center, recently performed his first Google surgery with Google Glass in tow. As far as we can tell, it's also the first such Google Glass-equipped surgery in the device's history – complete with a corresponding Google Glass Hangout (which wasn't open to the public, for those looking to tune in to a live surgery when the thrill of a YouTube video just isn't enough anymore).

"By performing and documenting this event, I wanted to show that this device and its platform, are certainly intuitive tools that have a great potential in Healthcare, and specifically for surgery, could allow better intra-operative consultations, surgical mentoring and potentiate remote medical education, in a very simple way," Grossmann writes.

[Cooley Hurd]

1. The glasses fell into the patient...

...and a Junior Mint saved them from infection.

[arcane1]

2. Haha!

It's junior mint!