[HN Gopher] Jose Delgado and the forgotten era of brain chips (2...
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       Jose Delgado and the forgotten era of brain chips (2005) [pdf]
        
       Author : robg
       Score  : 31 points
       Date   : 2023-06-15 20:15 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | dang wrote:
       | Related article by same author, posted after Delgado died in
       | 2011:
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       |  _Tribute to Jose Delgado, Legendary and Slightly Scary Pioneer
       | of Mind Control_ - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-
       | check/tribute-to-...
        
       | soneca wrote:
       | I just self-published a sci-fi novel based on the idea of brain
       | chips. It really feel like it's out of the zeitgeist.
        
       | retrocryptid wrote:
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       | pazimzadeh wrote:
       | Something I don't hear about very much is the potential for these
       | implants to get covered in biofilms.
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       | We learned in microbiology that all implants eventually get
       | colonized by bacteria - it's only a matter of time.
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       | Oftentimes (such as with urinary catheters), host-derived factors
       | like fibrinogen are deposited on the foreign surfaces and
       | bacteria then latch on to these deposits. Other times, the
       | bacteria attach directly to the foreign surface.
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       | There are even cancers associated with particular textures of
       | breast implants which get covered with particular microbes.
       | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26890506/
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       | This seems to be a huge hurdle towards brain implants..
       | 
       | In breast implants, there is actually a form of lymphoma which
       | you are much more likely to get
        
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