Yale University is set to rent out Google Glass devices
through its Bass Library in the fall. The program is a partnership between the Instructional Technology Group, the Student Technology
Collaboration, and the library.
Students and faculty are being asked to propose fall-semester
research and teaching projects using the device. Library staff is working on
ways to use the devices, such as assisting handicapped library patrons and as a
scanner to fill student requests from the book stacks.
Google Glass caught the attention of the university
last fall when Henry Furman, a senior quarterback on the football team, wore
the device during a team practice. The feed Furman recorded was turned into a
video that gives fans a quarterback’s perspective of the game.