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Why did Google Glass fail in Healthcare and overall with consumers?

Lloyd Price

Exec Summary: There are many reasons why Google Glass failed. Some of the most common reasons include: Privacy concerns: Many people were concerned about the privacy implications of Google Glass. High price: Google Glass was initially priced at $1,500, which was much more expensive than other wearable devices on the market.

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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: On a recent walk through Manhattan, I happened upon this ad in a bus stop kiosk promoting the wearable fitness tech products sold at Macy’s. The smartwatch category, with fitness tracking, is hot in 2018, some “smarter” than others. “Macy’s?” ” you ask.

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Insights from 2023 Market Overview Technology for Aging

Aging in Place Technology Watch

At the very end of 2022, a new offering, ChatGPT, emerged from OpenAI , funded in the billions by Microsoft and others, that puts online access to information in a smart new light – even Google is nervous about its possible future obsolescence, if it can eliminate the need for ad-fueled search, where it makes most of its money.

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Voice First and Health – What’s notable and not so much?

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Google Actions/Assistant: Google is already perceived by some as better at answering questions via Google Assistant. Google offers a long list of assistance with health and medicine questions, fitness exercises and tips , and symptom checkers.

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CES 2023: Ten New Technologies for Older Adults

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Since 2020, several innovation accelerators, such as AppWorks Accelerator, Google Project Hatcher, and Draper, have guided the platform and offered their assistance. category tags: CES 2023 , hearables/hearing technology , digital health , assistive technologies , smartphones; wearables , pet technology. Learn more. Rise Gardens. "W

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Did you miss one? Aging and Health Blog Posts from May 2023

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MIT Technology Review packs all the AI news that’s fit to pack into an up-to-the-minute digest. Now let’s see -- will it be conducted in Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, Webex, GoToMeeting or something else? category tags: AI and machine learning , Conversational and generative AI , Mobile PERS So does the Wall Street Journal.

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2023 Market Overview (3 of 4) Advice to Vendors --It's Service, not Products

Aging in Place Technology Watch

Consumers already gravitate towards cloud software applications that work with ones they already use, including Gmail, Facebook, FaceTime, Teams, Zoom, Siri, and Google Assistant – with most of these working across multiple devices. Upgrades must be invisible or painless.