{"id":20333,"date":"2022-12-01T21:06:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/01\/elon-musks-neuralink-expects-to-install-brain-chip-in-humans-in-6-months\/"},"modified":"2022-12-01T21:06:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T21:06:04","slug":"elon-musks-neuralink-expects-to-install-brain-chip-in-humans-in-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/12\/01\/elon-musks-neuralink-expects-to-install-brain-chip-in-humans-in-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s Neuralink Expects to Install Brain Chip in Humans in 6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elon Musk took a short break from tweeting yesterday to host another Neuralink \u201cShow and Tell\u201d event. At the last one in 2021, Neuralink revealed it had implanted its brain-computer interface chip in the brains of monkeys, giving them the ability to control a game of pong just by thinking<\/a>. In the latest update, Neuralink discussed improvements to the design, and Musk claimed Neuralink could begin human trials in just six months.<\/p>\n

Neuralink was co-founded by Musk in 2016 with the aim of developing a brain-computer interface<\/a> (BCI), an implantable device that can translate impulses from the brain into signals that can be understood by a computer. The company again showed what its primate test subjects are capable of, including one that typed a welcome message (allegedly) by moving a computer cursor with its mind. This technology could also help people with diseases or injuries that limit their mobility control prosthetics in a more natural way.<\/p>\n

A report after the previous Neuralink event accused the company of animal cruelty, killing 15 of 23 monkeys that received the implants. Musk mentioned those claims on Wednesday without going into the specifics. \u201cBefore we would even think of putting a device in an animal, we do everything possible with rigorous benchtop testing. We\u2019re not cavalier about putting these devices into animals,\u201d he said. The implant uses as many as 1,024 electrode-studded threads (above) to measure brain activity, each of which is inserted into the brain by a sewing machine-like robot. Musk says having the implant installed is not unlike having a piece of your skull replaced with a Fitbit.<\/p>\n