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Story about patients whose bionic eyes went obsolete
- Claude_Shannon 5y agoIs this title correct? Original was "Go read this dystopian story about patients whose bionic eyes went obsolete" but I've thought it is too clickbaity and didn't fit it anyway. Is that title change fine?
- gowld 5y agoVerge is just a pointer to https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete > THEIR BIONIC EYES ARE NOW OBSOLETE AND UNSUPPORTED > Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark
- Mountain_Skies 5y agoWhat happens to those who have other implanted devices, such as insulin pumps, that become unsupported? Even if we have a law that says all implanted medical devices must be supported for 'x number of years' or 'the lifetime of the user', that doesn't help if the company goes out of business. Quite the tricky issue and one we're likely to encounter more often going forward.