Google Extends Glass Initiative for **nprofits
 

Google Extends Glass Initiative for **nprofits
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Google extended the eligibility period for Giving Through Glass, an initiative the company launched in October to put its wearable computing device, Google Glass, in the hands of U.S. **nprofit organizations.

Giving Through Glass will select five **nprofits from a pool of applicants to receive the device and a trip to a Google Glass training center to learn how to use it. In addition to the wearable computer, the program will also award each of the organizations a $25,000 grant

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To illustrate how at least one **nprofit has already used the device to aid its efforts, the Glass team posted a video featuring World Wildlife Fund (WWF) senior research ******r Sabita Malla using the device in Nepal’s Chitwan National Park to track and record the movements of rhi**s Read more...

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