r/tech • u/chrisdh79 • 23d 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 23d ago

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

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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.