[miked85]

The "tech demo" was less than impressive. 3 pigs all acting normal, one (supposedly) had the implant and then had it removed, one (supposedly) had the implant and made a lot of beeping sounds, and one was, well, just a normal pig.

[emteycz]

Interestingly, all the neurologists and bioengineers I know were very excited by the demo.

[jansan]

Did they have dollar signs in their eyes?

[emteycz]

We're from a country where research or medical work is not really well rewarded and you think of it as a sort of charity, so no, no dollars and no Czech crowns too. They're excited that a man was able to do that within just a few years, while the sensory capabilities are not new (we used to have a lot less channels, though), the extreme miniaturization, the surgery procedure and the development speed are very exciting.

[hehebbssjj]

As in, medical doctors who have done brain surgery? Or random dudes who like to inject RFID chips into their hand to pay for coffee

[emteycz]

A), my friends are young though, so brain surgery only under supervision probably.

I count body modification as something else.