Neuralink founder Elon Musk made the announcement during a Spaces event on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. The first human patient implanted with their brain chip can control a computer mouse through thought alone, according to Neuralink’s founders.
On social media platform X, Musk stated, “Patient seems to have made a full recovery with no ill effects that we are aware of and is able to control the mouse, move the mouse around the screen just by thinking.”
Last year, the Food and Drug Administration gave this company permission to conduct human trials of its brain implant device. These implants implant flexible conductors into people’s cerebral cortices in order to register movement intentions.
What is Neuralink?
Neuralink technology was made famous in Hollywood film The Matrix as a means of controlling machines through thought control, but unlike its depiction it does not allow martial arts instruction. “All the technology [Neuralink] showed had been developed some form or another,” according to neuroscientist Jason Shepherd of Verywell.
Musk referred to the implant from X as the company’s first commercial product back in September. The implant contains a wirelessly charging battery, an electrode smaller than human hair and sensors to detect brain signals.
At surgery, a robotic robot removes a coin-sized piece of skull in order to place the implant. Equipped with cameras, sensors, and an extremely fine needle for accurate electrode placement, it represents the first step toward what Elon Musk considers his grand vision: joining human minds and bodies with machines – however experts caution this may not happen overnight.
How is Neuralink working?
The implant consists of electrodes sewn onto the surface of the brain by a robot and can detect neural signals transmitted from them back to a computer, enabling users to use their thoughts to control a cursor or device.
Neuralink reports that their robot can affix ultrathin wires into various sections of the brain without disrupting blood vessels or nerves; according to their website, this process usually takes between 25-30 minutes.
But this technology has raised some scientists’ eyebrows; some worry that Neuralink’s implant could lead to mental health issues like autism or schizophrenia.
Musk stated in 2022 that the company’s brain chips would eventually enable blind people to see and paraplegics to walk again, though some concerns remained. To test out his claim, its first clinical trial is currently recruiting participants who have limited or no hand function due to spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
What are the future ambitions of Neuralink?
Neuralink, one of Elon Musk’s unique and futuristic companies, specializes in neural-interface technology placing microchips inside your brain which enables its first patient to control a computer mouse through thought alone.
Neuralink’s ambitions go well beyond visual impairment: at a presentation in 2022, Musk suggested that Neuralink implants could help blind people see and give severed spinal cord patients full body functionality.
Scientists who have closely followed Neuralink say it has made progress, yet its methods remain controversial. Neuralink uses invasive implants that cross the blood-brain barrier and could cause inflammation or scar tissue formation in the brain, necessitating careful positioning compared to intravascular implants which don’t need to go through bloodstream.
Former employees and experts in the field have claimed that Neuralink is rushing its process for FDA approval, with potentially disastrous outcomes. Furthermore, this company utilizes many animals – some have died as a result of their implants.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk, founder of tech startup Neuralink, reported that their first patient implanted with a brain chip appears to be making progress and can click their mouse using mental input, according to social media platform X. They hope the patient continues clicking as often as possible so as to achieve maximum impact of their services, according to Musk’s statement.
Musk is one of the richest individuals in the world and one of the cofounders of electronic payment firm PayPal and SpaceX (which manufactures rockets and spacecraft to send astronauts to the International Space Station and other planets), in addition to owning electric-car manufacturer Tesla and purchasing Twitter (now renamed X).
He works on projects related to renewable energy and global warming reduction, co-founding OpenAI to promote “friendly AI,” benefitting humanity as a whole, and has expressed interest in creating cybernetic surgical implants to allow humans to merge with artificial intelligence – although such ideas have drawn considerable criticism from scientists who warn such implants may pose health risks.
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