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First generation electrode implantation robot head. Photo by Neuralink (Scanpix / Reuters)
Tonight, in Lithuanian time, during the first hour, Elonas Muskas, director of Tesla and SpaceX, will present the work done by another of his companies, the start-up Neuralink, which aims to create a brain-computer connection. E. Muskas previously announced on social media that a functional device would be introduced.
According to The Verge, it will be a robot (the second improved version) designed to implant thin, flexible electrodes developed by Neuralink into the brain.
While the company’s stated long-term goal is to allow people to control machines with their minds, browse the Internet, and more generally “achieve symbiosis with artificial intelligence,” in the short and medium term, the focus is on focuses on applying the achievements of Neuralink in medicine. It is planned to implant electrodes in paralyzed people. This would allow them to use computers and communicate with the world around them through them. E. Muskas has also mentioned that Neuralink devices can be revolutionary in restoring motor and brain functions.
The technologies developed by the company can also help overcome brain cancer, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease and improve treatment after various brain injuries.
VŽ wrote that Neuralink doesn’t start from scratch. Attempts to combat Parkinson’s disease by implanting electrodes in certain parts of the brain and stimulating them with electricity are already underway. There is also no shortage of scientific literature on the subject.
E. Muskas expected that in 2019. The first patient will have electrodes implanted. But it did not happen. Only animal experiments have been carried out. The robot, developed by the company, has sewn tiny wire-like electrodes into the brains of laboratory animals, including rats and monkeys, allowing the animals to control the computer.
Human testing is expected to begin this year.
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