Elon Musk’s Neuralink neurotechnology startup company received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Thursday to launch its first in-human clinical study.
Musk has touted that over the years, the experimental brain-chip implant could treat neurological disorders such as paralysis and blindness by bridging signals between existing neurons, and would allow humans to save and replay memories, saying that “the future is going to be weird.”
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Elon Musk has been working on the Neuralink chip. A computer that is implanted into the brain and interfaces with a person’s brain.
As part of the development of the chip Musk has been experimenting with pigs. He has released a video showing a pig which has had the chip for two months.
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Elon Musk has claimed his Neuralink implant will be able to steam music directly to your brain, making headphones obsolete. The Neuralink is an implant that will be placed into a persons brain, which will be able to directly interface with a person neurologically.
Musk has in the past claimed the Neuralink, which he is funding the development of, will also be able to cure depression and addiction.
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Elon Musk’s start up Neuralink has been working on a “brain-machine interface” . This week the secretive start-up revealed it has been testing brain implants on animals, and that it has successfully placed an implant in a monkey brain allowing it to control a computer.
Musk hopes that the implant will be used initially on patients with serious brain injuries of diseases allowing them to communicate their thoughts. He plans to seek FDA approval to begin clinical trials as early as 2020.
Neuralink works by inserting thin strands into the brain, via a tiny robot controlled by a neurosurgeon. The stands then interface with the electrical activity of the brain.
Musk’s worry about the current threat AI poses to humanity is well know. And he hopes his new technology will allow humans and machines to work together in “symbiosis”, so humans will not be left behind in the AI revolution.
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