Leggett instructed researchers that she “grew to become one” along with her gadget. It helped her to manage the unpredictable, violent seizures she routinely skilled, and allowed her to take cost of her personal life. So she was devastated when, two years later, she was instructed she needed to take away the implant as a result of the corporate that made it had gone bust.
The removing of this implant, and others prefer it, would possibly characterize a breach of human rights, ethicists say in a paper revealed earlier this month. And the difficulty will solely turn into extra urgent because the mind implant market grows within the coming years and extra folks obtain units like Leggett’s. Learn the complete story.
—Jessica Hamzelou
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