[IS National News] Elon Musk, who owns Neuralink, says the project is intended to allow quadriplegics to move their limbs, and eventually to expand to controlling computers by thought.
The startup company Neuralink, which is owned by Elon Musk, has announced that it has successfully implanted a wireless chip in a human, as part of a test approved over the last year by the FDA.
The test subject’s identity was not publicized. The directors of Neuralink hope that with the help of the chip, which is to be connected to the company's computers, they will be able to identify illnesses and complex neurological processes, which will allow doctors to start treatment early. Musk wrote on X: “The first human received an implant from Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.”
Neuralink has announced that it has begun a six-year test project, in which a robot will implant 64 wires thinner than a human hair across the part of the subject's brain that controls motor function. The directors claim that the wires will allow the chip to record and broadcast brain waves wirelessly to an application that can predict how the person intends to move. |