April 2016

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Testing Smartglasses to Superimpose Images for Surgery

We’ve come a long way since the 1960s, when comic book ads promised glasses with X-ray vision. Today, we have smartglasses, wearable pieces of technology that may not bestow see-through sight but have the potential to improve surgery.

Illustration of a doctor using smartglasses during surgery

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