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Bridgit<\/span>,\u00a0a developer of\u00a0user-friendly construction software, announced today\u00a0the launch of its new construction technology leaders beta testing program, called Groundbreaker<\/a>. The program will bring together tech evangelists and early adopters from across the construction industry and give them exclusive access to the newest technologies such as wearable gesture control devices and smartglass.<\/p>\n This announcement comes on the back of Bridgit\u2019s integration of its product, Closeout for deficiency management, with Thalmic Labs\u2019s Myo armband. The Myo armband recognizes subtle hand and finger gestures, offering\u00a0a more efficient and effective use of applications on Google Glass.<\/p>\n \u201cThe construction industry has already seen some basic examples of smartglass, such as Google Glass, being used as an input device for existing applications. However, up until now, the standard for smartglass input has been the built in audio commands,\u201d said Mallorie Brodie, co-founder of Bridgit. \u201cAs we continue to place our primary focus on ease of use, audio input just doesn\u2019t cut it in terms of usability. The Myo armband provides us with the ability to optimize smartglass in a way that makes sense for our users.\u201d<\/p>\n In a recent interview, Sandra Feenstra, Project Coordinator at McKay-Cocker Construction said, \u201cwhat we would have probably spent 30 hours on in tracking and the various manual aspects of deficiencies, we can now do in 3 hours using the Closeout app.\u201d According to Brodie, \u201chardware integrations like the Myo armband and Google Glass will make these already improved processes even faster.\u201d<\/p>\n Construction technology leaders interested in participating in the Groundbreaker program are encouraged to apply online at gobridgit.com\/groundbreaker<\/a>. Space is limited, and admission to the program will be granted on a rolling basis, so hurry up!<\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/strong> Listen to our interview with\u00a0Mallorie Brodie<\/a>, co-founder of Bridgit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Bridgit,\u00a0a developer of\u00a0user-friendly construction software, announced today\u00a0the launch of its new construction technology leaders beta testing program, called Groundbreaker. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1062,1066],"tags":[1162],"class_list":["post-33171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aec-business","category-all-posts","tag-smart-construction","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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