February 14, 2005
Posthumous Implant Scavenging - Now with the Personal Touch!
filed under: Stuff you never, ever needed to knowI wrote a few weeks ago about Gustavo Limon, a quadriplegic who is selling the neuroprosthetic implant that lets him use his arm (possession to be taken by the buyer after Mr. Limon's presumably natural demise). He's trying to raise $99,999 to fund a documentary about his travel across Africa.
In a recursion loop only possible on these newfangled internets we've got, Mr. Limon saw my article and is now citing it in his new ads on Craigslist. He also left a comment on my original article, quite rightly pointing out that "Hey, how many others would be willing to sell their right arm to make a difference in this world?"
Well, when you put it that way, I'm glad to help. And the movie project, which he describes on his site, really does sound potentially neat-o, especially the bits about the collision of hi-tech (like the neuroprosthetic implant in question, his powered wheelchair, etc.) with no-tech (like, oh, most of sub-Saharan Africa).
But, Mr. Limon, I would be grateful if you can explain why your new ad includes a picture of you unconscious on the floor next to a hospital bed?
It's a bit disturbing, unless of course you're trying to create an image for the potential buyer of the heady moment when the implant becomes theirs... Which, yeah, no, that's pretty disturbing too.
Posted by rjt at February 14, 2005 03:20 PM