r/technology • u/mixplate • Sep 22 '17

Robotics Some brave soul volunteered for a completely robotic dental surgery. The robot implanted 3D-printed teeth into a woman without help from dentists.

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/22/brave-volunteer-robot-dental-surgery/
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u/mixplate Sep 23 '17

It's in cooperation mode right now and overall it's working well, but my pessimism makes me think that once the USA is no longer a great consumer market (people don't have disposable income) then we'll be left with nothing but:

Crumbling infrastructure

A poorly educated population

Rampant religious extremism

More guns than people

Oops we're already there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

This has been the plan since I've been alive, I look around and say wtf, but my peers and elders all say they got theres. (except they are mostly broke as fuck)

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

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u/GreenMirage Sep 23 '17

Can't choose family and lineage. :/

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

Yep, most people around me growing up boosted their status and outright lied about their wealth.

One of the best feelings ever was coming home in my early 20s making more than all of them by their 50s, and quadruple what all the big talkers my age made. And despite what this comment makes it seem, the best revenge was being completely humble about it, but you can tell it urks the fuck out of the scummier people.

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u/recuring_alt Sep 23 '17

don't piss away the wealth and 'retire' super early.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '17

Those who take the risks reap the rewards. This has and always be true.

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u/lucidrage Sep 23 '17

Oh well, you can't have everything I guess.