Google Glass to Help ER Docs and Other News You Need to Know

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening around the world. Today, we're looking at five important stories

• Researchers are on their way to creating a gel that could protect against HIV. The research showed that the gel protected five out of six monkeys from an animal-human laboratory strain of HIV when applied shortly before or three hours after infection, the BBC reported.

• The arrest of an Indian diplomat after authorities accused her of misreporting wages for her housekeeper resulted in a rocky relationship between the United States and. Now, CNN reports Devyani Khobragade was dismissed of charges on Monday because she was “cloaked in diplomatic immunity.”

• Doctors in a Boston Hospital are using Google Glass and QR codes to identify patients. The system allows doctors to quickly scan a patient’s code and view information about him within Glass, according to Ars Technica Read more...