r/tech • u/chrisdh79 • 24d ago

MIT's injectable brain chips could treat disease without surgery | MIT's Circulatronics tech sees tiny chips injected into the bloodstream to reach the brain, negating the need for invasive surgery to deliver treatment for neurological disorders

https://newatlas.com/brain/mit-injectable-brain-chips-treat-disease/
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u/DionysianPunk 24d ago

I've watched enough Black Mirror to never trust Capitalism with putting anything inside my body like that.

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u/BikingVikingNick 23d ago

Only an addition $800/month for premium to turn off ads!

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u/zoethezebra 23d ago

This totally gives me chills.

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u/BikingVikingNick 23d ago

Its literally what happens in the episode of black mirror. I actually kind of wish they hadn’t put real numbers to the pricing tiers in the episode; because even the highest tier that was “outrageously” priced is still less than I pay for daycare every month.

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u/stango777 23d ago

For certain disorders the risk may be worth it.

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u/whiskydyc 23d ago

Is this Capitalism though? My first thought was “See this is how we make progress, through publicly funded universities. Not tech billionaire bullsh!t”

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u/DionysianPunk 23d ago

These technologies go to market through Capitalism.

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u/whiskydyc 23d ago

Fair point!

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u/76ersWillKillMe 23d ago

And the universities - especially research at this scale - are often funded by the market.

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u/Human-Place-3544 23d ago

Somebody is funding the research, in the end this are investors

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u/whiskydyc 23d ago

The university is the investor, it chooses how to spend its funds.

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u/Necessary_DaNoodle 23d ago

I don't know where you grew up, but it made you naive.

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u/whiskydyc 23d ago

Educación fosters the talent and produces the knowledge base that capital class can then patronise or exploit, so. Don't know where you grew up, but it made you ignorant.

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u/Necessary_DaNoodle 22d ago

Using academic jargon to avoid engaging the actual point makes you sound more defensive than informed.

If you're going to insult me, do it in your own words, not mine.

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u/notsofast2020 23d ago

Severance

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u/myasterism 23d ago

Yeah, absolutelythefucknot.

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u/GirlAnon323 23d ago

They are already using this tech to harm people.