this post was submitted on 13 Dec 2023
894 points (98.4% liked)

Technology

58164 readers
3854 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemm.ee
fry@fry.gs
L3s@fry.gs
enu@lemmy.world
L4s@fry.gs
L4s@lemmy.world
894
Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported (spectrum.ieee.org)
submitted 9 months ago by yesdogishere@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
232 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ChewTiger@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The same as a closed source one? What does charging something have to do with an app? I'm not even sure what you're saying.

[–] vsh@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I don't know either, and I think OP didn't read the article. What the fuck is open source limb? Open source retina? What does recharging mean in that context? Swapping the battery or faceplanting on an inductive charger?

Or perhaps OP meant manually updating your eye instead of relying on a company? But in that case, a battery swap is not even related to open/closed source topic.

[–] LrdThndr@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Open source hardware is a thing. See: raspberry pi, pine64, etc.

In hardware, open source means the schematics are available and the device is built with commonly available components; eg: no proprietary chips, standard discrete components, pcb schematics and plans available.

[–] vsh@lemm.ee 0 points 9 months ago

Now it makes sense. It would be better if people started calling it "open hardware" instead of extending open source to cover the transparency of the hardware's design.

Open source is originally associated with software and refers to source code that is made freely available and can be modified and redistributed.

Open hardware means that the design specifications, schematics, and related information are made freely available for users to study, modify, and distribute.