Important conversation: Who knows more about improving vision, a) the Federal Trade Commission or b) 60+ vision scientists

FTC Action Risks Sti­fling Inno­va­tion, Health App Inven­tor Says (Bloomberg): “Fed­er­al enforce­ment action against the mak­ers of a mobile app that claims to improve users’ vision will have a chill­ing effect on sci­en­tists hop­ing to com­mer­cial­ize their research, the app’s inven­tor told Bloomberg BNA Feb. 24.

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Next: How to best civilize the mobile brain health and brain training Wild West (Tip: Consumer education may help more than pure regulation)

UC River­side Pro­fes­sor Slams Feds, Stands By His Health App (KQED): “UC River­side pro­fes­sor of psy­chol­o­gy Aaron Seitz had an idea for a mobile health app based on his area of research.…Seitz is the aca­d­e­m­ic behind UltimEyes, the vision improve­ment app that got dinged by the Fed­er­al Trade Com­mis­sion (FTC) for $150,000 last week for mak­ing deceptive…

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