[ExI] fitbit being sued

[spike]

Short version: 23andMe was giving out results of user surveys based on a
hundred dollar DNA kit.  The FDA declared this use of the information made
the kit itself a medical instrument.  The price for 23andMe was doubled and
the amount of information they offer was cut in half.

 

Now we have Fitbit:

 

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/01/07/fitbit-being-sued-for-faulty-heart-
rate-tracking.html?intcmp=hplnws

 

Based on the 23andMe precedent, I predict a Fitbit will be declared a
medical instrument.  Clearly no medical instrument can be sold for 250
bucks.  Those little rubber hammers used to tap your knee just to verify you
are still alive cost more than 250 dollars.  Those little wooden sticks they
use to depress the tongue cost more than 250 dollars.  Each.  This will end
Fitbit.

 

Other predictions?

 

spike

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.extropy.org/pipermail/extropy-chat/attachments/20160107/33afb261/attachment.html>