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Researchers Push Implanted User Interfaces

Posted by timothy on from the well-if-it's-good-enough-for-cadavers dept.

MatthewVD writes "A new, user interface-enabled generation of electronics that you wear under your skin could be used for convenience, or even pleasure, rather than medical reasons. Scientists at Autodesk Research in Toronto have implanted electronics with user buttons, pressure sensors and LEDs under the skin of a cadaver's arm and wrapped in artificial skin. The electronics could buzz you when you have an appointment, carry memory cards with data, or connect you in a social network with others wearing electronics."

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  1. Is it practical? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Isn't it better to have external gizmos? Electronic thingies tend to break, be obsolete, be hacked, be stolen.
    All of the above get a lil' worse when the stuff is right inside you.
    All of this without the orwellian aspects taken into account.

    1. Re:Is it practical? by MoonBuggy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      On the one hand, what you say is absolutely correct. On the other hand, being a cyborg would be really, really cool...

  2. Here it cums... by shadesOG · · Score: 5, Insightful

    'electronics could buzz you when you have an appointment' I'm sure this will be used for only appointments.

  3. operation every two years by Ptur · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yay, looking forward to the operation every two years, to upgrade or repair.... seeing how long it takes for electronics to break these days, or how long hardware/software is supported by the manufacturer.