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There's one other advantage to wireless here: a bionic prosthetic is moving a lot, and that's not great for wire harnesses or connectors. Going wireless potentially allows for greater range of movement (or at least removes the engineering challenge of making it durable long term).
That would be a more interesting line of questioning than all the viral stuff about "mind control" and whatnot.
It may just be cheaper to slap a wireless connection in there than to engineer routing cables through a fully mobile articulation AND keep the whole thing water resistant. I bet whatever the real answer there it's fascinating.
I wish that worked better than Deus Ex collabs and morning show interviews, but given how often I've seen this pop up the last couple of weeks it clearly is not.
Deus Ex is a horror universe. Example:
You work as produce loader. One day, your coworker comes in with a fancy new set of robot arms. He can lift three times as much as you can and work twice as fast. Your hours start getting cut back, boss doesn't need you anymore. You lose your job. You apply for a new one, but it's the same story everywhere: companies want cyborgs. So you spend the last of your savings on a set of bionic arms. They work great, and you land a new job. It's enough to pay for the anti rejection meds and your living expenses. Two years later, a new model comes out. Efficiency improves even more. Your services aren't needed anymore, and you can't afford an upgrade.
You're homeless now, and you can't afford the rejection meds. So you sit on the side of the street with a cardboard sign and an empty hat, waiting for your arms to rot off your body as your immune tears the connection apart.
Drag wouldn't buy prosthetics from a company that associates themselves with that image.
Yeah, well, too late. These guys DID do a Deus Ex collab. Officially. Marvel, too. Their thing is they want to make these cool for kids and teens, so it's mostly fine.