Post by M. Hawbaker on Dec 1, 2022 15:26:59 GMT
Elon Musk says he's "confident" that brain chips developed by his neurotechnology company, Neuralink, will be ready for human trials within six months.
The company hosted an event at Neuralink's headquarters in California on Wednesday. The "show-and-tell" event was originally scheduled for October 31 but Musk postponed it without providing a reason.
Taking to Twitter after the event, the billionaire said: "We are now confident that the Neuralink device is ready for humans, so timing is a function of working through the FDA approval process."
Neuralink's brain chip, which is around the size of a coin, has tiny wires embedded with electrodes that aim to monitor brain activity and electrically stimulate the brain. Neuralink aims to embed the chip into a person's skull with a robot the company is also developing.
At the event, Musk demonstrated the brain-computer interface technology by showing a video of a monkey apparently fitted with a Neuralink brain chip. The creature was said to be "telepathically typing."
Musk has grand ambitions for the technology when applied to humans.
At first, the brain-computer interface hopes to give those suffering from paralyzing conditions a way to communicate via their thoughts. In the future, Musk says the company plans to develop technology that could restore full-body functionality to someone with a severed spinal cord, for example.
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-human-brain-chips-6-months-2022-12?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=sf-bi-main&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0q0BTGDEFsblPQtmkgXTFTy6N41yYMJex4Msxt6FEIx6VfacxyCdps4sU
The company hosted an event at Neuralink's headquarters in California on Wednesday. The "show-and-tell" event was originally scheduled for October 31 but Musk postponed it without providing a reason.
Taking to Twitter after the event, the billionaire said: "We are now confident that the Neuralink device is ready for humans, so timing is a function of working through the FDA approval process."
Neuralink's brain chip, which is around the size of a coin, has tiny wires embedded with electrodes that aim to monitor brain activity and electrically stimulate the brain. Neuralink aims to embed the chip into a person's skull with a robot the company is also developing.
At the event, Musk demonstrated the brain-computer interface technology by showing a video of a monkey apparently fitted with a Neuralink brain chip. The creature was said to be "telepathically typing."
Musk has grand ambitions for the technology when applied to humans.
At first, the brain-computer interface hopes to give those suffering from paralyzing conditions a way to communicate via their thoughts. In the future, Musk says the company plans to develop technology that could restore full-body functionality to someone with a severed spinal cord, for example.
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-human-brain-chips-6-months-2022-12?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=sf-bi-main&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR0q0BTGDEFsblPQtmkgXTFTy6N41yYMJex4Msxt6FEIx6VfacxyCdps4sU
This sure looks like a big jump into transhumanism, eh? 
