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Can this technology be refined?

Someone should do a startup to build devices that allow higher bandwidth communication.

I realize this forum is for technological entrepreneurial pursuits but are you kidding me?

A single MRI costs ~2 million used (Angel Investors are always the hard ones to grab). GE Medical Holding invests more then 1 billion dollars a year in R&D with almost 18 billion a year in revenue. This is like reading up on a Intel Processors and wondering if their is a way for you to personally refine and profit from refining the technology.

Yes there is a chance, but good luck.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Healthcare

While I agree about your main point, your costs are a bit out of date. Most brand-new MRI machines cost between $1-3 million with an additional $300-500,000 for the room and ancillary equipment.

But you wouldn't have to use a MRI. In fact a MRI is not practical at all because the patient needs to be inside it to communicate. Much better would be an implantable electrode array. I'm sure they're much cheaper than a MRI too.

Infection is a serious risk with anything implantable, but it would be cool if someone could make it work.

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