Northeastern Offers the First College Course About Google Glass Matt McGee October 9, 2013 Google Glass (device) Google Glass is going to school. Northeastern University in Boston, to be more specific. That’s where you’ll find Health Innovation with Google Glass. It’s surely the first university course — or any level course, for that matter — to be built around Google Glass. In the class, associate professors Stephen Intille and Rupal Patel are having a couple dozen students develop ideas showing how Glass can be used to improve personal healthcare. The class is separated into distinct student groups, each of which has its own Google Glass to wear and use when brainstorming and developing its ideas. According to the Huntington News, the Glasses were donated to the school by someone who wants to remain anonymous. Professor Intille explained the class this way to the school’s student newspaper: “I thought it’d be an interesting course if we could design health technology to help people using those devices as a way to get thinking about how we might change the health care system for the better, using technology,” Intille said. “I’m sure [the students are] going to come up with great ideas. I think they’re a creative group.” Some early ideas from the class include an app that identifies when the Glass wearer is stressed and offers advice to combat it, an app to help caregivers organize patient info and an app about healthy habits. The ideas will be developed in this class, and students will get a chance to build their apps in a separate class in the spring semester.