Alors on est d'accord que quand c'est pour communiquer avec son smartphone ou sa Tesla... c'est pas la meilleure utilisation des implants neuronaux.
Mais que si ça permet à des gens de remarcher, de revoir, d'entendre, de bloquer les crises d’épilepsie, de palier un manque de mobilité par la commande d'appareils etc... c'est bien !
C'est pas parce Elon Musk fait un truc que c'est une connerie... ça en devient, parfois, une quand il y touche !
"The investigation has found that most medical devices, including many implants, are now cleared for sale by the FDA without tests for safety or effectiveness. Instead, manufacturers must simply show they have “substantial equivalence” to a product already in the marketplace — an approval process some experts view as vastly overused and fraught with risks."
"A highly experimental implant that delivers electrical stimulation to the spinal cord has substantially improved mobility for one man with advanced Parkinson’s disease, according to a report published today in Nature Medicine."
Something a great many #Cyberpunk authors appear to have overlooked:
"Doctors warn about the rise of people with obsolete medical #Implants
"When companies that produce medical implants shut down, the people who still have them inside their bodies are left with little support. Doctors are calling for medical regulators to take action on this growing problem..."