Tech Talk. Researchers have made an electronic skin patch that can monitor muscle movement, store the data it collects, and use stored data patterns to decide when to deliver medicine through the skin.
The patch could be useful for monitoring and treating Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy, its creators say. Wearable devices that continuously monitor physiological cues can help doctors understand and treat diseases such as epilepsy, heart failure, and Parkinson’s. Another thing spooking Facebook's stock: Taxes. FORTUNE -- Add taxes to the potential reasons the social network's stock didn't pop in its IPO.
The issue is the $4 billion dollars that will be owed by Facebook's employees as part of their stock windfall in six months. That tax bill is almost certain to lead to a wave of forced selling of at least 100 million of the company's shares, and quite possibly much more, within the next six months. The risk of all those shares flooding the market was likely a weight on Facebook's offering. Twitter Tech Elite Seriously Overstimated Facebook's Closing Price - Alexis Madrigal.