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The "tech demo" was less than impressive. 3 pigs all acting normal, one (supposedly) had the implant and then had it removed, one (supposedly) had the implant a
by miked85 6y ago
The "tech demo" was less than impressive. 3 pigs all acting normal, one (supposedly) had the implant and then had it removed, one (supposedly) had the implant and made a lot of beeping sounds, and one was, well, just a normal pig.
- emteycz 6y agoInterestingly, all the neurologists and bioengineers I know were very excited by the demo.
- jansan 6y agoDid they have dollar signs in their eyes?
- emteycz 6y agoWe're from a country where research or medical work is not really well rewarded and you think of it as a sort of charity, so no, no dollars and no Czech crowns too. They're excited that a man was able to do that within just a few years, while the sensory capabilities are not new (we used to have a lot less channels, though), the extreme miniaturization, the surgery procedure and the development speed are very exciting.
- hehebbssjj 6y agoAs in, medical doctors who have done brain surgery? Or random dudes who like to inject RFID chips into their hand to pay for coffee
- emteycz 6y agoA), my friends are young though, so brain surgery only under supervision probably. I count body modification as something else.