University of Missouri Awards Grant to Assist Panacea’s Glass and Cloud
The successful commercialization of new enabling technology requires both financial support and special talents. The Columbia Tribune reports that the University of Missouri has selected an enterprise Augmented Reality project to receive a $100,000 grant to accelerate commercialization.
Described in this paper submitted for publication, Panacea’s Glass and Cloud is a system that leverages hands-free displays such as Google Glass and permits doctors to see what first responders see. The system uses its own wireless hot spot to support real time communication with hospital doctors following mass casualty disasters where other internet access is unavailable. Panacea’s Cloud system allows triage and coordination in the event there is no phone or internet service.
The system will be tested with MU ambulances the next month. Researchers also will be participating in a mass casualty simulation with Missouri Task Force 1, a federal urban search and rescue unit stationed at the Boone County Fire Protection District.