{
  "id": 19109502,
  "title": "Deepinder Goyal's ₹85,000 Temple Wearable Faces Doctors' Backlash Over Brain Blood Flow Monitoring Claims & Lack Of Scientific Evidence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/deepinder-goyals-85-000-temple-wearable-faces-doctors-backlash-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T06:50:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/deepinder-goyals-85000-temple-wearable-faces-doctors-backlash-over-brain-blood-flow-monitoring-claims-lack-of-scientific-evidence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Deepinder Goyal, the founder of Zomato, recently faced backlash from doctors over his ₹85,000 temple wearable device that claimed to measure brain blood flow. The gadget, resembling a nut stuck to the forehead, was designed to track blood flow and potential damages. However, doctors dismissed it as a scam, citing the lack of scientific evidence and the fact that it only measures blood flow in one artery leading to the face. Leading the criticism is Dr. Cyriac Philip, who shared research papers to prove the device's ineffectiveness. Despite the criticism, Goyal defended the price and claimed the device was meant for global markets. Current pre-orders remain active, but the scientific community seems to have debunked the temple wearable's claims.",
  "summary": "New Delhi: PV Sindhu appeared at this year’s World Badminton Championship with a wearable apparatus stuck to her side of her forhead or temple. It was an early glimpse that we would get of a wearable toy that would change the way we monitor our health. In this case getting to track the blood flow to the brain and any possible damages it might cause. The Temple, as the nut shaped metallic thing…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}