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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 11 months ago by yesdogishere@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Damn it, I wanted a Star Trek future, not a Neuromancer future!

[–] Kraivo@lemmy.world 35 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Gonna admit, didn't expected to witness bionic eyes becoming obsolete in my lifetime.

[–] flipht@kbin.social 24 points 11 months ago

These folks won't witness it either. Not with that eye anyway.

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

I did not see that coming

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

We live in interesting times, just like the old curse.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Sure, as hell wasn’t on my magic eight ball this morning