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The article says:

"The first 115 units will begin shipping this summer at $35,000 each"

From Cortical's home page [1]:

"We're a revolutionary biotech firm based in Melbourne, Australia."

Melbourne is the capital city of the Australian state of Victoria.

Part VIII, Section 38, paragraph (1) of the Victorian "Human Tissue Act 1982" says:

"Subject to this section, a person shall not sell, or agree to sell, tissue (including his own tissue) or the right to take tissue from his body."

Maybe you buy the device and they throw the brain cells in for free?

[1] https://corticallabs.com/company.html

[2] https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2...

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It's all nepo.

If you're in the right circle you can do illegal stuff and it will be brushed off as "the cost of innovation".

If you're in the wrong circle you might get your company shut down because you can only consume up to 500 gallons of water a month unless you apply for a special permit and last month you did 501.5 gallons, or some other crap. And the same people will say "yeah, I know it's a bit harsh but that's the cost of keeping order in society bla bla bla".

Cadaver tissue is commonly "processed" and then used to make all kinds of medical devices. Bone and tendons are a common example for bone and joint reconstruction surgeries. I can't speak too much to Australia specifically, but because of laws like this in the US these supply chains are setup a specific wah. A good example is Allosource in Colorado. The donations are donations, in return the persons final expenses are taken care of. The company that does the processing and reselling is a non-profit. In this case no one person "sells" any part of their or other persons bodies, but the needed medical materials get to the OR.

The act says you can't sign an agreement for this to happen to a person.

But plenty of incidental material is recovered (e.g. fetal cord blood).

The more I read the article the less i believe it . for all we know its just some pig brains smeared on some chip with some creative marketing. Bitcoin and the Music Industry pfft what b/s .

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