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by yyyk 1028 days ago
I suspect the real moneymakers for such startups have very little to do with ALS. ALS demand is fortunately small, and can't lead to VC desired growth curve. Imagine instead using it in a classroom to ensure the kids pay attention. Or making sure you see the advertisement.
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> Imagine instead using it in a classroom to ensure the kids pay attention.

Imagine being a parent and being ok with this?

The real "moneymakers" in eye-tracking have always been and will continue to be Defense applications for better or worse.

>>Imagine instead using it in a classroom to ensure the kids pay attention.

>Imagine being a parent and being ok with this?

I'm sure there are many tiger-style parents which would be perfectly ok, nay, thrilled!, with this.

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I didn't describe a utopian scenario. More like a dystopian one. The Defense applications do exist, but I expect the advertisers to dominate as they usually do.