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monkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Is this going to be like those neurotech implants for the deaf that the company went under and now the people get no service, support or anything?

www.nature.com/immersive/…/index.html

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SCB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Unlikely. These implants require far less in terms of outside-the-body tech.

Also those people were blind and/or dead, which is a whole other issue because you need external feedback processing.

Its novelty is that it doesn’t require open brain surgery. Instead, it’s implanted through a slit at the base of the neck and threaded up through the jugular vein into the motor cortex—the part of the brain that directs movement. The device is powered by a small battery pack placed under the skin of the chest. Synchron has implanted 10 patients, including six in a US feasibility trial supported by the Brain Initiative.

Being up to “cure” paralysis is a great thing.

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