Neuralink completes first human brain-computer interface chip implantation
Musk announced on social media platform X that the first human received an implant from brain-computer interface company Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Preliminary results show neuron spike detection (neuron spike detection) shows good promise.
Musk added in a subsequent post that Neuralink's first product is called Telepathy. He explained, "With just a thought, people will be able to control their cell phones or computers with Telepathy, and use them to control almost any device. The initial users will be those who have lost the use of their limbs. Imagine Stephen Hawking communicating with people faster than a typist or an auctioneer. That's what we're aiming for."
Neuralink's history, more human implant trials coming in 2024
Neuralink is a company founded by Musk in 2016 to research brain-computer interface technology. Neuralink has continued to make progress over the past few years, and in 2019, Neuralink debuted an implant design that will implant 1,024 tiny wires in an area of the brain that will listen to the electrical waves of brain cells and send its own.
In 2020, Neuralink unveiled plans for a coin-sized, battery-powered N1 chip implant.
In November 2022, Musk and team claimed that in the next six months, they are expected to begin a human trial program to implant the chip in the human brain.
In May 2023, Neuralink announced that the company had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to launch its first human clinical study. This means that Neuralink will be implanting their devices into human brains.
Late last year, Neuralink said it was recruiting volunteers with quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for the trial. According to the description, subjects would need to agree to let a surgeon remove a piece of their skull in order for a robot to plug a series of electrodes and ultra-thin wires into the brain. When the robot has finished its work, the part of the skull that has been lost will be overlaid with a computer chip the size of a 25-cent coin, which is to remain in that place for several years. Its purpose is to analyze and read the subject's brain activity, then send the information wirelessly to a nearby laptop or tablet.
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