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Learn MoreThe Eyelid Patch That Predicts Seizures
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A tiny patch is fixed to your eyelid. It monitors your blink pattern and sends a warning to your smartphone that you’re about to have an epileptic seizure.
Or that you’re about to fall asleep at the wheel.
Or else it measures your REM (rapid eye movement) to help diagnose sleep disorders or Parkinson’s disease or a range of neurological conditions.
This isn’t science fiction. This is the next step forward in the world of wearable technology. And according to Yariv Bar-On, CEO at Israel-based Blink Energy (opens in a new tab), it’s a gamechanger.
Blink Energy Co-founder and CTO Nadav Cohen is a Technion alumnus.
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