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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. Re:Subliminal Messages? by silentbozo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually, I thought "Bleach". You might want to remove "Beach" as a primer...

  2. People IDing by Animats · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Another reason to implant RFID tags in people.

    Killer app: once RFID tags are in garments in stores, this could indicate all the ones that would fit you. Shoppers at sales would love this.

  3. Tooltips on reality by allanj · · Score: 4, Insightful

    For years, I've wanted tooltips on reality. You know, move the mouse over a button on the desktop, and a little yellow note will appear, telling you what happens when you press the button. That would be awesome as augmented reality. Fixing the engine of your car, and uncertain what that part does? Look at it for a few seconds, and an explanation will pop up. Trying to remember the name of an uncle you haven't seen in 15 years? Tooltip glasses to the rescue!
    What's next - scrollbars on reality? Now THAT would be useful :-)

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