Their Bionic Eyes are Now Obsolete

[ergophobe]

These three patients, and more than 350 other blind people around the world with Second Sight's implants in their eyes, find themselves in a world in which the technology that transformed their lives is just another obsolete gadget. One technical hiccup, one broken wire, and they lose their artificial vision, possibly forever. To add injury to insult: A defunct Argus system in the eye could cause medical complications or interfere with procedures such as MRI scans, and it could be painful or expensive to remove.

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

[rcjordan]

https://futurism.com/neoscope/paralyzed-man-exoskeleton-too-old

Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His ($100k) Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete

[grnidone]

!!! That is absolutely inexcusable.

Littleman: upload Linux and make the damned things work!! There's gotta be a way!