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Alexander The 1st (at1st@mstdn.ca)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 18:29:10 JST

Alexander The 1st (at1st@mstdn.ca)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 18:29:10 JST Alexander The 1st
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@waitworry @jhavok @aral It looks like, based on this post's link ( https://aus.social/@arose62/110997570326816727 ), the issue was more that a lack of available maintenance would've made it worse when it started to fail and the battery could potentially leak.
Which to me makes a bit more sense, because "We're out of money, we're going to spend large amounts of money to get you to come here for us to remove the implant already in your brain." seems...a suspect business decision.
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  @jhavok@mastodon.social @aral@mastodon.ar.al This article gives a less sensational take on the scenario: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/do-brain-implants-change-your-identity “I miss my device,” she said. Leggett felt grateful that everyone involved was sympathetic to her plight. They let her keep the implant as long as possible. But the demise of NeuroVista—after spending seventy million dollars to develop the technology and conduct the trial, it struggled to find further investors—made removal inevitable. If the battery ran out, or a lead broke, or the site of implantation became infected, the company would no longer be there to provide support. She remembered a solemn drive to Melbourne for the surgery, and then coming back home without the device.

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Alexander The 1st (at1st@mstdn.ca)'s status on Sunday, 03-Sep-2023 18:29:10 JST

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