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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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Subject: Re: Maximizing the health of the aging brain
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 12:27:31 +0100

I took a look at
http://www.positscience.com/programs/buy.php
and would suggest that anyone interested read this page first and decide
whether to spend any more time on the rest of their web site
http://www.positscience.com
A good idea of the product's nature can be obtained from
http://www.positscience.com/programs/tour.php . I thought that the video
that is also available on the site is very much sales orientated and less
informative.

Note that this program costs more than many PCs on which it may run. It will
not run on older PCs, and also if more than one person uses it, higher
prices have to be paid. I suspect that this is built into the program
because it needs to record each user's progress as difficulty levels
increase, and you can't just illegally ignore the terms and conditions. On
the plus side, there are lots of extras in the pack, such as stereo
headphones, a DVD and so on. As the system is based on listening, it may be
important that the sound is accurate, but then this also depends on the
audio side of the PC, not just the headphones.

It is also a pity that there is no downloadable version (that I could see)
as this avoids high postage charges and import taxes for foreign buyers.
Companies that respect customers' money often offer downloadable versions of
their software as buying this way can make an appreciable difference to the
total outlay. This is because postage, taxes and associated compliance fees
can nearly double the cost in some instances of physical delivery.

I would suspect that over the coming year many more similar products will
appear and by this time next year there will be a much wider choice of
products at varying price levels and with different ranges of luxury
accessories. This looks to be a high volume market and a type of application
that most people will hear about. This type of product should certainly sell
in the sort of volume as popular computer games and will appear in versions
for dedicated games machines.   As usual, early adopters will pay a lot more
than average. I suspect that Positscience have set up a well organised and
structured business, maybe with a view to a stock market floatation in the
future. Thus they have a lot of professional fees to recover before they
start to earn profits.

However I am sure that we on CryoNet will all be interested in how Mr and
Mrs Hare get on with using the product, and whether they consider their
money well spent. The cost, although very high for a piece of domestic or
gaming software, is comparable with buying vitamins on a regular basis, for
example.

-- 
Sincerely, John de Rivaz:  http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including
Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley
Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy,  Nomad .. and
more

> Subject: FW: [CR] Maximizing the health of the aging brain
> Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 15:53:40 -0400
>
> My wife and I have purchased the Positscience product and I'll report back
> on that at some stage,

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