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Facebook "Likes"and Behavioral Effects.

                      Power Games &  Facebook  Likes in the Virtual World. Facebook has infiltrated our lives to such an extent that we feel a compulsive need to check Facebook  for "Status Updates " and the count of  Likes that we have collected, on a daily,and         even hourly basis. We need to have an urgent reality check, otherwise we will be trapped in a       virtual world where the illusion of interaction with other human beings, takes over the actual         "give-and--take" of   real life. Why are we so much addicted to these  digital " Likes" on Facebook ? Cosmopolitan magazine            in an article  titled  "The Psychology of a Like,How Social Media is Really Affecting your Brain.",at  https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a9931660/psychology-social-med...

Medtech in Diabetes and Affordable Hearing Tests.

Medical Technology is transforming healthcare diagnosis and treatment,making it affordable and accessible in India. Here are 2  instances which could radically bring down the treatment and diagnostic costs. Testing Hearing using Portable Audio device.  Testing and measuring hearing loss, is an expensive diagnostic exercise,with the medical equipment costing upwards of Rs 10 lakhs,and also requiring sound-proof rooms,which are costly for a small diagnostic hearing clinic. Nautilus Hearing is a Hubli-incubated med tech start-up that addresses this problem,both for the audiologist,as well as the patient. The couple  Uday and his wife Remy, founders of Nautilus Hearing,  have developed a booth-less, portable audiometer that helps doctors conduct ear tests with ease. It a lso provides a tele-audiology model that helps patients remotely check their hearing. NR Narayana Murthy of Infosys, trying the Nautilus device . Costing Rs 2 lakh, which is 80 percent ...