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by Alfred Poor | January 28, 2015 | Medical
Stare at the period at the end of this sentence for a few seconds. Now, it may have seemed to you that your eyes were fixated on that spot, but in fact, your eyes continued to make tiny motions called “microsaccades.” These involuntary movements differ...
![CES 2015: A New Look for Smart Glasses [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2015/01/JINS-MEME.jpg?resize=600%2C242)
by Alfred Poor | January 19, 2015 | Fitness, Health, Medical
Smart glasses are for nerds. They look goofy, and they’re incredibly expensive, and it’s not clear what the use case is for the average consumer. But not all smart glasses are the same. JINS is a company that is not yet well know in the United States, but...
by Alfred Poor | December 31, 2014 | Health, Medical
The Baby Boomers are now the Sandwich Generation, faced with taking care of their aging parents as well as their children. Executives in Silicon Valley are not immune to this development, but some of them have a different reaction to the challenge. In the spirit of...
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by Alfred Poor | October 8, 2014 | Medical
One of the many miracles of modern medical science is a process called “positron emission tomography,” or PET. This is the technology that makes it possible for neuroscientists to map human brain activity under different conditions. You’ve probably...
by Alfred Poor | August 29, 2014 | Medical
Alzheimer’s is a debilitating and fatal disease. More than 44 million people worldwide suffer from it or a similar form of dementia. A group of researchers in Korea believe that they may have found a way to slow the effects of the disease, using a headband...
