The first test subject for Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain chip implant startup, has developed a problem just a few weeks after it was inserted.
The first test subject for Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain chip implant startup, has developed a problem just a few weeks after it was inserted., the company revealed that a number of the chip's connective threads retracted from the subject Noland Arbaugh's brain, which hindered the implant's data speeds and effectivenessThe company offered few details about the incident — including exactly how the threads became detached.
The chip, installed by a robot, then records and sends brain signals to an app, with the initial goal being "to grant people the ability to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone," Neuralink previously explained. Ultimately, Neuralink's ambition is to use implants to connect human brains to computers to help, for example, paralyzed people to control smartphones or computers or blind people to regain sight. Like existing brain-machine interfaces, the company's implant would collect electrical signals sent out by the brain and interpret them as actions.
"Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist or auctioneer. That is the goal," Musk wrote.
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