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[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also: https://spectrum.ieee.org/bionic-eye-obsolete - "Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported"

[–] poplargrove@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And another: https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/26/24255074/former-jockey-michael-straight-exoskeleton-repair-battery

Michael Straight, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, was left unable to walk for two months after the company behind his $100,000 exoskeleton refused to fix a battery issue ... "I was told they stopped working on any machine that was 5 years or older,”

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

We really need standardization in batteries. I usually think that about ebikes, but this is another good example.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks, that's actually the article I was looking for.

We're literally living in a cyberpunk dystopia.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

a boring cyberpunk dystopia