yesdogishere@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 9 months agoTheir Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupportedspectrum.ieee.orgexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTheir Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupportedspectrum.ieee.orgyesdogishere@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget… inside their bodies.
minus-squareEl_guapazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoThis was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.
minus-squareWhy9@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoA more sinister example was Repo Men. In that movie, the tech still worked, but people were no longer able to keep up with the extortionate payments that came with the implant.
minus-squareOokami38@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoWait is that a different movie than repo: the genetic opera?
minus-squareBigFig@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoFuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch
This was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.
A more sinister example was Repo Men. In that movie, the tech still worked, but people were no longer able to keep up with the extortionate payments that came with the implant.
Wait is that a different movie than repo: the genetic opera?
Fuck me I haven’t watched that in some time…time for a rewatch