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[–] topinambour_rex 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The actuators are quite surprising. They want to provide feedback to the brain, not just "listen" it's waves, but "tell" it some too...

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Musk claimed the same in the past but stopped when he found out people were affraid of that tech

[–] SeabassDan 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Gabe will focus on steam deck users who trust him entirely with their own mother's lives.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Their brain interface will be mostly solidly designed with some rough edges, and 0.0003% of users will run into a bug that makes them constantly feel the vague smell of popcorn.

[–] chiliedogg 8 points 10 months ago

But it'll be mod-able.

Can't wait for Steam Workshop hacks for my brain!

[–] Buddahriffic 5 points 10 months ago

The problem with anything Elon Musk does is that it's Elon Musk doing it and I don't trust him one bit.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They're working on providing sight with the implant and he says it's working in monkeys so they're clearly still working on sending info in