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oogle Glass could soon occupy that sliver of space under the
headlights on your surgeon's forehead. "Cool stuff," says Indiana
University trauma surgeon Paul Szotek, MD. "Wearable technol-
ogy is going to revolutionize surgery."
Two months ago, Dr. Szotek operated with the assistance of Google
Glass, the wearable computer that looks like a pair of space-age glass-
es. As he cut during the 4-hour surgery to remove an abdominal
tumor, he gave Google Glass simple voice commands and up popped
preloaded MRI scans of the patient's tumor on the tiny battery-pow-
ered, head-mounted display just over his right eye. "Like looking
through your car's rearview mirror," says Dr. Szotek. "I didn't take my
eyes off of the patient."
Rather than walk across the OR to see the MRI, Dr. Szotek simply
glanced up and to the right, never leaving his patient's side or losing his
concentration. "Sure, you can pull up an MRI during a case, but you
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