Beyond a gadget: Google Glass is a boon to disabled From: USA Today - 10/23/2013 By: Marco della Cava Google's latest and greatest 'enables' disabled Researchers are working hard to harness the hands-free nature of Google Glass to improve the lives of those with compromised mobility, vision and hearing. Tammie Lou Van Sant of Santa Cruz, CA is a quadriplegic. She wanted to take pictures for years and now is able to do it independently using Google Glass with a nod, swipe, or verbal command. Read the article and view a video (3:18) at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/22/google-glass-aids-disabled/3006827/ Related: Other tech breakthroughs for the disabled http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/10/22/tech-breakthroughs-disabled/3151537/