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Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 188 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This was the plot line to the movie Robots. The solution was socialized medicine.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

I always bring up that movie and "Otherlife" when I rant about the importance of open source.

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

Wait is that a different movie than repo: the genetic opera?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's gotta be one of these two.

I'm sure of it. 😅

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean it's the same plot as repo: the genetic opera, genetic opera is just set to music. They grow artificial organs, sell em, and If you can't afford to pay, they repo them. Paris Hilton gets her face ripped off. It's great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Zydrate comes in a little glass vial

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

😂 I'm not sure if that's enough to make me want to see it, but it's a big selling point!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's a wild ride for sure

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ordinary fuckin' people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, I thought it was Eminem in the second poster.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

*Repoman: the musical

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Repo Men: The Concept Album by Andrew Lloyd Ripper

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Zydrate comes in a little glass vile

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A little glass vial?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love how this was somehow both the next line of the song AND snarkily correcting their spelling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Lmao to be fair it was mostly to continue the song, but I did notice that XD

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago

Yeah no wonder that was only in a sci fi movie, that really just sounds too unrealistic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Fuck me I haven't watched that in some time...time for a rewatch