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Re:Snap values itself at nearly $24B with its IPO pricing by DanBC on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @04:25PM (#13768572)
>> who uses Snapchat?

This doctor: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38314539

> UK teaching surgeon Dr Shafi Ahmed has "livestreamed" an operation using Snapchat spectacles, which are sunglasses with a small camera integrated, allowing the wearer to record what they are seeing.

(I think he had the @NHS twitter account for this week (27th March through to 5th April)

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Re:Snap values itself at nearly $24B with its IPO pricing by notadoc on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @07:40PM (#13770270)
I recall similar behavior with Google Glass, I think medicine remains one of the better immediate use cases of face cameras/wearables.
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Re:Snap values itself at nearly $24B with its IPO pricing by trevyn on Wednesday March 01, 2017 @06:32PM (#13769743)
Hah, he kept the dark sunglass lenses in, too.
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