If it's not open source and open hardware I'm not putting that shit in my head lmfao
this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2024
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Yep, there's already horror stories about other implants where the patients were left high and dry when the company that made them went under.
"Sorry your pacemaker has the silliest little flaw but the patented blobbed firmware could only be updated with some vendor program on Windows XP that was reliant on XP-specific libraries but Service Pack 2 broke it after the company went under..."
Same stuff with car electronics. Maddening.
It's only a hop step from there to something less invasive thankfully.
Intravascular neural interfaces are already reducing the invasiveness, but hopefully that is just a short step.
I doubt I'd care if I was paraplegic. Very easy to say from a point of privilege.
You might. You don't want to get into a situation where Neuralink says that they're not doing BCI like the ones installed in your head any more, and have it shut down spontaneously when the company turns off support.
It's happened before to people with artificial eyes, and they're both left blind because the hardware doesn't work any more, and they can't afford to have it removed (if that's even safely doable).
It's exactly the people that can have a choice who should be helping those who can't, don't you agree?
The fight for open software and hardware wouldn't be made by going around paraplegic people and bothering them about it, but by discussing it with the vendors and legislators.
(1) ngl that is amazing, a heart-warming story
(2) still fuck Elon Musk
Don't forget it wasn't made by The Musk. There are probably countless people involved in technology like that. Emerald boi probably just foot the bill and flapped his jowls.
*flapped his tits
Well, he does seem to be incapable of calming them.
The implant works by reading the brain signals from the user and translating them into Bluetooth-based remote commands
“From there, it just became intuitive for me to start imagining the cursor moving. Basically, it was like using the Force on a cursor and I could get it to move wherever I wanted,”
Awesome.
Reminds me of the emotive headset.
B...bluetooth?
Oh no. Reverse that flow of data and "Hackable brains" are a thing. Cool. /s
Pfft. I can already play Civ 6 and I didn't need no brain implant. I'm not impressed. /s
Yyyeah noninvasive bcis have been able to move mice for well over a decade. Nice to see they cleared this hurdle and I'm glad the dude didn't die, but this isn't how you do medicine.
"Move fast and break ~~things~~ monkeys before getting FDA cleared to risk humans."
I think this counts as a Science Victory
Yeah, we'll wait till Ghandi gets nukes... It's not so fun then.
If I had that ability I would probably die in my chair muttering "Just one more turn..."