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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

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[–] CosmicCleric 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

They exist to make money not help humanity.

From the article...

Greenberg spent many years developing the technology while working at the Alfred Mann Foundation, a nonprofit organization that develops biomedical devices

EDIT: For those challenging what I am saying, I was speaking towards his motives, when I responded to this comment …

They exist to make money not help humanity.

I was challenging the notion that he did not care about humanity, and just wanted the money.

Its ok to want to help others AND make money doing it. (Unfortunately) We live in a society where money is needed to exist.

EDIT2: I'm all for open source.

[–] Bahalex 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

“he spun off the company Second Sight with three cofounders in 1998”

The rest of the sentence from your quote. The company that put these implants into people was, from what I understand, indeed for profit.

[–] CosmicCleric 1 points 6 months ago

Kind of hard to operate a company without also making money doing so. The two are not mutually exclusive to each other.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

He should have made it open sauce

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Non-profits, just like for-profits, need to keep revenue at or above expenditures. Just like for-profits they end up run by executives who prioritize bringing money in to sustain the bureaucracy over doing good.

[–] guacupado 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Feel free to enlighten them on how to run a beneficial company with no income.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Government grants... A là Lockmart.

[–] CosmicCleric 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Just like for-profits they end up run by executives who prioritize bringing money in to sustain the bureaucracy over doing good.

I'm going to push back against this part of your comment. You are making an assumption. You can do both, help Humanity AND make money (since we live in a society that requires money to exist).