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Man ‘addicted to’ his Google Glass
A US man has been admitted into the US Navy’s substance abuse programme after showing signs of addiction to Google Glass. Doctors at the Substance Abuse and Recovery Programme (Sarp) said the man – who was initially admitted for alcoholism treatment – wore Google’s headset for up to 18hours a day, and reported feeling irritable and aggressive when stripped of it. This was diagnosed as internet addiction disorder (IAD). The treatment the 31-year-old received has been published in the journal Addictive Behaviours, where doctors noted that ‘the patient has a history of a mood disorder most consistent with a substanceinduced hypomania overlaying a depressive disorder, anxiety disorder with characteristics of social phobia and obsessive compulsive disorder,
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and severe alcohol and tobacco use disorders.’ As part of admittance to the programme, all electronic devices are taken away from patients, and the removal of Google Glass reportedly triggered a response. Doctors observed a ‘notable, nearly involuntary movement of the right hand up to (the patient’s) temple area and tapping it with his forefinger’, which is the action used to activate and navigate around the device. It can also be controlled by voice command. Google Glass has been available to buy on the search engine giant’s Explorer Program for a year. It uses a small screen in the peripheral vision to act as a head-up display, showing messages, map directions and other features.
The man wore it for 18hrs a day
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HITTING THE RIGHT NOTES: Musician Lisa Dowdall prepar for action prepares at the launch of What?...WOW: David Lang’s Festival of New Music 2015 at the National Concert Hall. The festival features nine ensembles, six concerts and five premieres over two days in one venue with the New York based Bang On A Can All-Stars performing perf ming an eighteigh hour Marathon Picture Jason Clarke