Billionaire Elon Musk revealed that there had been major progress in the case of the patient who had a brain chip installed and that he was recovering well, after he announced last month that the first chip implant had been performed by the emerging company Neuralink, which he co-founded.
Musk confirmed that the first patient to have a brain chip installed is recovering well and can now move a computer mouse simply by thinking
Musk announced yesterday evening, Monday, that the patient had completely recovered without any ill effects, noting that he was able to move the mouse around the screen simply by thinking, according to what was reported by the British newspaper “Mirror”.
He added in his speech on Spaces on the “X” platform: “We are trying to get as many button presses as possible from thinking. This is what we are currently working on.”
Neuralink is one of several groups working to connect the nervous system to computers, efforts aimed at helping treat brain disorders, combat brain injuries, and other applications.
The Neuralink device is approximately the size of a large coin and is designed to be implanted in the skull, with very thin wires connected directly to the brain.
In this context, the company said in its announcement last September (2023) that the wires will be surgically placed in an area of the brain that controls the intention to move, and the initial goal of the so-called brain-computer interface is to give people the ability to control the computer cursor or keyboard. Using their ideas alone.
It is not clear how successful this device or similar interfaces will ultimately work, or how secure they are.
2024-02-20 16:32:56
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