Today's Top Stories Google Glass is useful as an adjunct device for surgery, but it still has a way to go before it can be a true surgical tool. That is the judgment of Pierre Theodore--a cardiothoracic surgeon at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center--who has been testing Google Glass in the operating room for three months. Theodore used Google Glass on just 10 patients for operations ranging from cancer mass removals to a lung restoration, according to a report by Fast Company. Google Glass can display x-ray images while Theodore is operating, instead of him having to walk over to a flat screen TV mounted on a nearby wall. "Right now I have a 48-inch TV screen mounted in the back of the operating room that's 15 feet away, and, among hospitals, that is as good as it gets," Theodore tells Fast Company. "Most surgeons will tell you that there have been times when they were not able to access the radiographic images when they needed it. This could potentially compromise an operation," he adds. During the trial, Theodore identified a number of problems using Google Glass in the operating room. First, there were issues about the strength and security of the university's Wi-Fi network. Not all of the operating rooms in his hospital have a strong enough Wi-Fi signal for Google Glass to function effectively. Also, patient data could be exposed without sufficient network security measures in place. Theodore says he had to eliminate any personal patient information from the X-rays before the images could be sent over the Wi-Fi network. Theodore is disappointed with Google Glass' response to voice commands. He had to use a technician to help with the transmission of X-rays during the procedure. Also, the images were hard to see in the bright light of the operating room. To turn off Google Glass, the technician had to swipe the right arm of the device, which could create an unsanitary condition in the operating room. Theodore would prefer a completely hands free version of Google Glass. For more:
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Near-field communication (NFC) aims to revolutionize mobile commerce, but just how close the technology is to becoming a widely adopted reality is unclear. Many questions remain around standards and security. Gartner for one noted that the technology has been slow to gain traction. Now, a new paper highlights the concerns that have many businesses shying away from the technology. Researchers from the University of Surrey were able to retrieve sensitive data from contactless payment cards by hiding an antenna for wireless data theft in a shopping cart, says a paper published in The Journal of Engineering. What's more, the data capture device is small enough to fit in a backpack and can be constructed from low-cost, easy-to-obtain electronics. The tool got "consistently good results" and "performed well across most distances" in scamming NFC payment information, the paper observes. Violet Blue of ZDNet reports that researchers are finding contactless payment systems are more vulnerable than previously believed, even though they have been uncovering similar issues since 2008. "Yet making it easy and reliable was not a known quality until now," she writes. For more:
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Mobile and cloud-based technology will enable commercial fleet telematics to run on consumer smartphone platforms in the coming years, reducing the need for enterprises to buy expensive telematics hardware for their new trucks, predicts ABI Research. Smartphones are already widely used by fleet operators to monitor fleets remotely. This is prompting commercial vehicle vendors, such as Telogis and XRS, to adapt their core applications, such as track and trace/route planning, behavior and fuel management, for consumer smartphone and tablet devices. In fact, ABI predicts that one in three commercial fleet telematics units shipped in 2018 will be based on consumer smartphone platforms. "With GPS and accelerometer functionality, plus the power and flexibility of a sophisticated computer, smartphones and tablets are already important platforms for telematics applications. As sensors continue to develop, and new technologies such as voice and gesture recognition improve further, smartphone and tablet-based applications will become even more compelling for fleet telematics," comments Gareth Owen, ABI principal analyst. In addition, ruggedized mobile devices for use in heavy industries are increasingly running on smartphones operating systems, such as Android, rather than PC operating systems, such as Windows. One is example is Zonar's new 2020 remote terminal, which is based on a modified Android platform, giving fleet operators the ability to use apps from third party providers. There are also specialist providers that focus on developing lower-cost Android- and iOS-based telematics products for consumer mobile devices. "Although there will always be a need for fixed terminals which cannot be switched off in certain specialized verticals, such as oil and gas or mining due to safety reasons, we see the trend towards using consumer-grade devices accelerating strongly in the future, particularly as truck OEMs are forced to open up their vehicles to third-party applications," observes Owen. ABI also expects the cloud-based commercial fleet telematics market to take off over the next five years, with unit shipments reaching 16.8 million units by the end of 2018, up from 1.1 million units last year. For cloud-based fleet telematics applications, the data processing is performed in the cloud rather than by software and hardware in each vehicle. For more:
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