Google Glass Flopped But Autistic Kids Are Using It To Learn Emotions

Kids diagnosed with autism often struggle with making eye contact as well as recognizing emotions and social cues exchanged with other people. A handful of tech entrepreneurs hope Google Glass could become a tool to help these children better identify conversational nuances in real time—and one such entrepreneur received a vote of confidence in his work Tuesday, taking home the $15,000 “Cure it!” 2016 Lemelson–MIT Student Prize, which rewards technology-based health care inventions.

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