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Harvard doctor who consulted for Google Glass clarifies that he’s seen no evidence of health risks

May23
by on May 23, 2014 at 11:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google

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Responding to a recent Betabeat article about headaches that some users are experiencing when wearing the Google Glass headset, Harvard optometrist and Google consultant Eli Peli clarified that he has yet to encounter any evidence of health risks for Glass or head-mounted displays in his research. Dr. Peli noted that “very few” Glass users have reported discomfort or headaches during the trial phase. He compared any initial discomfort to that of switching to a new pair of glasses and noted that most users find that it goes away within a couple days. Still, Glass users are advised to use the…

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Skill cloud: Why companies should kill the job title

May23
by on May 23, 2014 at 7:17 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur

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Leif Abraham is a Partner at Prehype, a venture development firm in New York City. His latest e-book “Madison Valley” focuses on building digital products and how Madison Avenue can be more like Silicon Valley. For the first several years of my career I never had a job title. And even today it always feels kind of wrong to put myself into a box. My skills are relatively broad and I think I could adapt to any task (if I want to). I wouldn’t be the expert in the field – you probably shouldn’t ask me to operate on someone – but what I can…

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