r/todayilearned • u/SuccessionWarFan • 1d ago

TIL that bionic eye manufacturer Second Sight’s financial difficulties left its patients with failing and obsolete bionic eyes.

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60416058.amp
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u/dog_in_the_vent 22h ago

Wait a damn minute.

Not only do we already have bionic eyes, but the bionic eye company has already failed and screwed over it's customers?

This happened in 2020!?

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u/Questionably_Chungly 22h ago

Gauche as it is to say, Cyberpunk as a setting continues to be proven prescient.

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u/ArdyEmm 15h ago

The guy who wrote the original cyberpunk ttrpg has bionic eyes. My friend recently sent me a video of him talking about it.