Sep 042013
Transparent ‘window to the brain’ allows for laser treatments without repeated surgery
A ceramic material currently used in hip implants and the like – yttria-stabilized zirconia – has been made transparent. It’s much harder than glass and is safe for implantation, so chunks of the skull could in principle be replaced with the stuff. The idea is, apparently, that a transparent window would allow the brain to be not only seen by doctors, but operated on via laser without having to open up the cranium.
Bleah.
I can see the body modification weirdos going nuts with this stuff. Well, the rich ones, anyway.