A lucky individual has become the first human to receive a brain implant from Neuralink, Elon Musk’s startup, marking a bold step towards being able to steer computers with our minds. The device, called Telepathy, is about the size of a quarter-dollar coin and was inserted with hundreds of wires and electrodes just under the …
Taking on X, Musk touted “promising” brain activity post-procedure and assured followers that the patient was “recovering well.” The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. Initial results show promising neuron spike detection. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2024 In a follow-up post, Musk announced that Neuralink’s inaugural product …
Elon Musk’s Neuralink company has performed its first implant in a human brain as it develops a technology aimed at helping those with severe paralysis. In a post on social media sharing the update, Musk said: “The first human received an implant from Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well.” He added that “initial results show …
Elon Musk’s Neuralink has received FDA approval for human clinical trials, which means the company is now ready to open up human skulls and implant chips that would reportedly help restore mobility and communication abilities. This comes after the company tested its chips on animals, mostly monkeys, many of whom faced complications like bloody diarrhea, …
Elon Musk’s Neuralink company has announced that it’s now accepting applications from human subjects willing to have its experimental N1 computer interface implanted in their brain. Neuralink’s first in-human study, called PRIME (Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface), is encouraging interest from those with quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). …
Neuralink, the brain implant company founded by Elon Musk, has obtained approval from the Food and Drug Administration to begin testing its device in humans. The “Link” device, which is implanted in the brain via an automated robot, is fitted with tiny, ultra-flexible electrodes which can “listen” to neural communication, according to neurophysiologist Cristin Welle. …