Elon Musk’s brain chip startup Neuralink is preparing to launch clinical trials in humans, which will implant brain chips in humans.
According to Neuralink’s website, its goal is to build something called a “brain computer interface” that allows the transmission of information between brain and computer wirelessly.
Musk promised that the Neuralink technology “will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs”, as per the Guardian,
According to dailymail.co.uk, the firm is hiring a clinical trial director, which says the right candidate will “work closely with some of the most innovative doctors and top engineers, as well as working with Neuralink`s first Clinical Trial participants”.
“As the clinical trial director, you will work closely with some of the most innovative doctors and top engineers, as well as working with Neuralink`s first clinical trial participants,” the advert for the role in Fremont, California, says.
“You will lead and help build the team responsible for enabling Neuralink`s clinical research activities and developing the regulatory interactions that come with a fast-paced and ever-evolving environment.”
Neuralink has already succeeded in implanting it in pigs and monkeys. The new video from Neuralink claims the monkey’s playing of Pong with his mind.
As per the report, at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council summit, Elon said, “We hope to have this in our first humans, which will be people that have severe spinal cord injuries like tetraplegics, quadriplegics, next year, pending FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approval.” He also added “I think we have a chance with Neuralink to restore full-body functionality to someone who has a spinal cord injury. Neuralink’s working well in monkeys, and we’re actually doing just a lot of testing and just confirming that it’s very safe and reliable and the Neuralink device can be removed safely.”
The project aims to overcome the power of Artificial Intelligence by providing a direct connection between a brain and a computer. It will be done by stitching the implanted brain chip using a “sewing machine-like” device. Post this, neurons in the brain will generate electric signals, and electrodes placed nearby neurons can capture and record those signals. The technology will replay those signals, which in turn will simulate the actual sensation of different experiences.
