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HIGH-TECH MEDICAL BRACELETS

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Mae and her family sign up for the company medical plan, which is super-advanced and helps with her father’s multiple sclerosis. But The Circle slaps a metal bracelet on her wrist, which tracks her intravenou­s system, her heart rate and her overall health. Sounds a lot like, um, an Apple Watch. Or health insurance-sponsored Fitbits, now a common perk at companies that offer incentives toward weekly step counts (tracking employee movement through programs like Walkadoo). But we’ll allow a few points for advancemen­t, as our smartwatch­es have yet to cure us.

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 ?? EMMA WATSON AND KAREN GILLAN; PHOTOS BY FRANK MASI, STX ENTERTAINM­ENT ??
EMMA WATSON AND KAREN GILLAN; PHOTOS BY FRANK MASI, STX ENTERTAINM­ENT

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