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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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San Francisco - Cade Metz

DARK SECRETS: Google glass may have an afterlife as a device to teach autistic children | Rare Historical Photos

Esaïe Prickett wearing Google Glass at home in Morgan Hill, Calif. He and his family tested the device in a clinical trial.CreditCreditCayce Clifford for The New York Times

When Esaïe Prickett sat down in the living room with his mother, father and four older brothers, he was the only one wearing Google Glass.

As Esaïe, who was 10 at the time and is 12 now, gazed through the computerized glasses, his family made faces — happy, sad, surprised, angry, bored — and he tried to identify each emotion. In an instant, the glasses told him whether he was right or wrong, flashing tiny digital icons that only he could see.

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