Musk's company aims to soon test brain implant in people

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk said his Neuralink company is seeking permission to test its brain implant in people soon.

livestreamed Wednesday night, Musk said his team is in the process of asking U.S. regulators to allow them to test the device. He said he thinks the company should be able to put the implant in a human brain as part of a clinical trial in about six months, though that timeline is far from certain.

The field dates back to the 1960s, said Rajesh Rao, co-director of the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington. “But it really took off in the 90s. And more recently we’ve seen lots of advances, especially in the area of communication brain computer interfaces.” He said he also envisions that in someone with a broken neck, signals from the brain could be bridged to Neuralink devices in the spinal cord.

In experiments by other teams, implanted sensors have let paralyzed people use brain signals to operate computers and move robotic arms. In ain the journal PLOS ONE, three participants with paralysis below the neck affecting all of their limbs used an experimental brain-computer interface being tested by the consortium BrainGate. The interface records neural activity from a small sensor in the brain to navigate things like email and apps.

 

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Yeah … after seeing all the Tesla car glitches … not sure it’s wise to let this guy tamper with your brain.

Try it out on the criminals elonmusk

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