Second Sight left users blind

Stefan Mileschin · 18th February 2022, 08:37

Wonder why Big Tech is not really a health solution

If you were wondering why Big Tech really should not be involved in health care, you only have to look at the case of bionic eyes made by Second Sight.

IEEE Spectrum said that Second Sight was the belle of the tech ball when it started issuing bionic eyes using implants. Unfortunately, for the enthusiastic users when the technology was not updated it just powered down, leaving its users literally in the dark.

For example Barbara Campbell was was using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude bionic vision, partially compensating for the genetic disease that had rendered her completely blind in her 30s.

https://fudzilla.com/news/iot/54394-...ft-users-blind

18th February 2022, 08:37	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,541	Second Sight left users blind Wonder why Big Tech is not really a health solution If you were wondering why Big Tech really should not be involved in health care, you only have to look at the case of bionic eyes made by Second Sight. IEEE Spectrum said that Second Sight was the belle of the tech ball when it started issuing bionic eyes using implants. Unfortunately, for the enthusiastic users when the technology was not updated it just powered down, leaving its users literally in the dark. For example Barbara Campbell was was using a high-tech implant in her left eye that gave her a crude bionic vision, partially compensating for the genetic disease that had rendered her completely blind in her 30s. https://fudzilla.com/news/iot/54394-...ft-users-blind

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