Founder Elon Musk announced that Neuralink has successfully implanted a chip into the human brain for the first time.
As reported by Ukrinform, he provided information on this issue. social networks H.
“The first person received a chip from Neuralink yesterday (Sunday) and is in good condition,” Musk wrote.
He added that initial results showed a promising increase in neuronal firing.
BBC states that in May last year, the Food and Drug Administration (USA) approved Neuralink for such an operation.
The company had previously said it had given the “green light” to begin a six-year study in which a robot was used to surgically implant 64 “flexible threads” thinner than a human hair into the brain.
These “threads” allow his experimental implant, powered by a wirelessly rechargeable battery, to record and transmit brain signals wirelessly to a program that deciphers how a person plans to move.
As reported by Ukrinform, on December 1, 2022, Elon Musk announced that the chip was tested on a person. Two years ago, Musk’s company placed its technology in the head of a pig, and a little more than 19 months later, it placed it in the head of a monkey.
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