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TallSilhouette on 13 April 2021
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Metallox said:
TallSilhouette said:

I'm hoping it doesn't take that long. Their goal is to start human trials by the end of the year, depending on the FDA. Hopefully we'll have a finished medical product in a few years and one suitable for the mass market around the turn of the decade. From there developers can start working on expanding its functionality and bringing on all the fun stuff. I'll be 32 soon. Hopefully by the time I'm in my 50's I can be properly cyborg and if I'm very lucky the tech will develop fast enough and open enough new possibilities to extend and improve our lives dramatically.

Yeah, that would be cool. It's impressive that this could have a released product so soon, do you know about possible starting costs for it? 

They developed a surgical robot to install the implant in the hopes of scaling the procedure without the high costs of surgeons and lengthy operations. The end goal is for it to be as quick and cheap as a Lasik appointment. A few grand, no need for an overnight hospital stay. Let's hope that works out.