Michael Rich, MD, and Julie Polvinen in front of their Children's at Home platform, which, as Rich described, is "based on 20 years of research we've done giving sick kids camcorders and saying, 'teach us what it's like to live with your condition." The video platform has already taken off, and Rich and his team have seen impressive results. "Kids got better," he said. "Disease specific quality of life improved simply from shooting video about it." That's partly because the platform, in a sense, acts as a mirror allowing the children to almost see themselves in the third person and realize, "oh, I'm not really doing my medicine right, or I'm not following my diet," Rich pointed out. By bringing kids together who share a common disease, whether it be asthma, HIV or sickle cell disease, "there was this instant synergy that happened." Photo: Katherine C. Cohen, Boston Children's Hospital

Jason Kahn (right) demonstrates the RAGE-Control video game technology. The game teaches children to calm their emotions while also engaging their attention with stress stimulators. Photo: Katherine C. Cohen, Boston Children's Hospital

Gajen Sunthara, principal software architect of Boston Children's Innovation Acceleration Program, donning his Google Glass surgical application for the crowd. The application allows for a surgeon to pull up patient data hands free and access the data via computer screen. Photo: Katherine C. Cohen, Boston Children's Hospital

Research study coordinator Rutvi Vyas stands in front of the near infrared spectroscopy device used to detect perinatal brain injury. The project was spearheaded by Ellen Grant, MD, and Mari Franceschini. Photo: Katherine C. Cohen, Boston Children's Hospital