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High-Tech Glasses Help Improve Memory

Posted by timothy on from the unless-you-forget-where-they-are dept.

unassimilatible writes "MIT will reportedly announce new high-tech glasses which they claim will improve memory by up to 50%. The spectacles are implanted with a CPU that sends messages in the form of light to a mini TV screen on the glasses. The messages - like someone's name, or a word like keys or medicine - flash before your eyes at 180th of a second. Pardon me, but I'll wait for the reviews, since I am still smarting from buying those X-ray glasses in the back of magazines." These "memory glasses" were also discussed at the recent International Symposium on Wearable Computers.

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  1. So... by CSharpMinor · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what happens if I forget my glasses?

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    1. Re:So... by stephens_domain · · Score: 5, Funny

      You can't. The glasses won't let you.

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  2. Subliminal messaging viruses by DigiShaman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine hacking someones glasses to say "Kill your boss....kill your boss" Or, Kill yourself". Of course, you could have it the other way to say positive things that would help you out Psychologically .

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    1. Re:Subliminal messaging viruses by r_glen · · Score: 5, Funny

      "Of course, you could have it the other way to say positive things that would help you out Psychologically"

      Such as... "Kill your boss"?

    2. Re:Subliminal messaging viruses by stefanlasiewski · · Score: 3, Funny

      Imagine hacking someones glasses to say "Kill your boss....kill your boss" Or, Kill yourself".

      Yeah, I tried these glasses on once, and all of a sudden I could remember the lyrics to every song by Judas Priest...

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  3. In other news... by cujo_1111 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, beer glasses have been found to reduce your memory retention by more than 50%...

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  4. subliminal glasses by Toasty16 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "The messages -- like someone's name, or a word like keys or medicine -- flash before your eyes at 180th of a second. It's too fast for the eyes to notice, but not the brain."

    Drat, i cant find a good link about about these glasses, i saw them before at skool and they help you remember what people said!

  5. Bart to Milhouse by Will2k_is_here · · Score: 3, Funny

    "How can someone with glasses that thick be so stupid?"

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