Contrary to popular opinion, Google Glass isn’t just for Glassholes. Having doled out Glass to the tech scene’s deep pocketed and/or early adopting echelons, Google is now throwing its moonshot face-monster toward five projects more concerned with social good than DVF designer frames.
The Glass team just announced the winners of Giving Through Glass a contest that will award five U.S. nonprofits with a Glass unit, a $25,000 grant, and the promise to connect each organization with the developers who can make their vision a reality.
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3000 Miles to a Cure (Brain cancer)
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Classroom Champions (Students in high-need schools)
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The Hearing and Speech Agency (Speech-language challenges, including hearing loss and autism)
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Mark Morris Dance Group (Parkinson’s disease)
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Women’s Audio Mission (Advancement of women in music production and the recording arts)
The #ifihadglass program arguably distributed Google Glass to a broader cross-section of folks with compelling applications for the augmented reality wearable last year. Still, it’s heartening to see Google throw more support toward non-profit projects with a social good slant.
H/T Project Glass | Photo via Geoff Livingston/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)