ono@lemmy.ca to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoA DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what's next?www.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down10cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaredylanmorgan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 year agoCory Doctorow argues that all implanted devices should be open sourced so that if the company making one ends support, patients aren’t left with a non- or malfunctioning piece of hardware inside them.
minus-squareAdramis [he/him]@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoRelated: https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete I can’t imagine the pain of having your sight taken away, getting it partially back, and then having it taken away again purely by corporate greed.
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoCory Doctorow laying down a banger again I see If you haven’t read his short stories I highly recommend them
Cory Doctorow argues that all implanted devices should be open sourced so that if the company making one ends support, patients aren’t left with a non- or malfunctioning piece of hardware inside them.
Related: https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete
I can’t imagine the pain of having your sight taken away, getting it partially back, and then having it taken away again purely by corporate greed.
Cory Doctorow laying down a banger again I see
If you haven’t read his short stories I highly recommend them