Brain-computer interfaces are a groundbreaking technology that can help people with paralysis regain lost functions, such as moving a hand. These devices record signals from the brain and decode the user’s intended action by bypassing damaged or impaired nerves that would normally transmit those brain signals to control muscles. Since 2006, demonstrations of brain-computer interfaces… Read More »
By Marisa Taylor WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Synchron Inc., rival Elon MuskThe Neuralink brain implant startup is preparing to recruit patients for a large-scale clinical trial needed to gain commercial approval for its device, the company’s CEO told Reuters. Synchron plans to launch an online registration for patients interested in participating in the trial on Monday,… Read More »
Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, founded in 2016, aims to place a piece of technology in people’s brains that will allow them to control a computer or phone just by thinking. This is otherwise known as brain-computer interface. Neuralink, which has been experimenting on animals for years, recently announced that one of its devices was implanted… Read More »
Musk artificial intelligence chip Would you let Elon Musk implant a microchip in your brain? On Sunday, the billionaire’s Neuralink startup put its first human test subject under the knife. A small chip was implanted under the unnamed patient’s skull, connecting tiny filaments from the processor to his brain. Musk hopes the patient will now… Read More »
Elon Musk said that the brain-computer interface company Neuralink has implanted its first device into people. Eventually, Mr. Musk hopes the system could be used to merge humans with computers, allowing them to interact with artificial intelligence just by thinking, for example. But for now, this method seems to be used in people with quadriplegia… Read More »