• indomara@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    What terrifies me about this is that there are no regulations or laws in place that say how long this tech that is implanted into people must be supported. Those poor people who got the bionic eye implants are now left with no replacement parts or support after the company went under, leaving those with implants that still work seeing with borrowed time.

    https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      Our right to repair and IP ownership laws are not ready for the cybernetic revolution

      • TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz
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        8 months ago

        It’ll be like Cyberpunk 2077: “Why repair when you could just get new stuff?” That’s basically a quote from V too, as you find the possibly last repair shop in Night City. Took me by surprise…