Re: OT: Hardware-to-Organism Interfaces (h2oi)
I think that what will be a big help to the problem with the body rejecting the implants will be to not use implants. Right now we have to use implants because we don't have transmitter/receptors sensitive enough to get the signals though the skin. A little bit more advancment in that area and you will be able to have a device on the surface, or maybe just below the surface of the skin, that can do the job. Less intrusive then sticking little wires in the brain tissue right next to the neurons.
The popsci article mentions some research in small scale devices that work like an MRI using some of the new fangled superconducting materials that are being developed.
Geoschmo
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