Neuralink brain reader will be ready for human trials in six months

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/01/2022 10:33 AM | source: | 29 comment(s)

Elon Musk has revealed that Neuralink's mind reader might be tested on humans within six months. The business still needs approval from U.S. health officials to undertake tests using the brain chip.

Neuralink is developing a coin-sized implant that will be inserted into the skull. The goal is to communicate with a computer directly through the brain. This should allow paralysed individuals to move their muscles once more. Neuralink also intends to restore sight to the blind. Musk believes that even persons born blind should be able to accomplish this. Neuralink must gain approval from the Food and Drug Administration before the mind reader may be implanted in humans (FDA). Musk asserts that the majority of Neuralink's documentation has been submitted to the regulatory body. The FDA regulates medical equipment such as brain implants.

In recent years, the Neuralink chip has been tested on multiple animals. During an experiment on a monkey, the animal was able to play the fifty-year-old game, Pong mentally. The mind reader detected the app's brain activity and translated it into the movement of the board to cause the ball to bounce.

The Neuralink mind reader detects brain activity using wires smaller than a human hair. Due to their flexibility, these would be safer than present brain implants. Musk founded Neuralink in 2017; he frequently establishes ambitious companies, such as Tesla, Hyperloop, and SpaceX.

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haste
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#6078457 Posted on: 12/02/2022 12:19 AM

What's also interesting is that they haven't mentioned the death rate of their monkeys. Out of their 23 monkeys only 8 have survived their tests. That's nasty death rate, especially if you plan to do human tests in 6 months

I mean.. of course it's not going to happen in 6 months... or 6 years.

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#6079401 Posted on: 12/04/2022 05:22 PM

In the good version of our world, someone good wants to help poor people with disabilities. Stupid only that we live in the bad version and just read things for commercial advertising purposes. Well indoctrinated we then also write life time wasting comments. Brain writers everywhere. What would we do without? More good or more evil? Hmm, ok, moving on.

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#6079498 Posted on: 12/04/2022 10:22 PM

Elon Musk has revealed that Neuralink's mind reader might be tested on humans within six months. The business still needs approval from U.S. health officials to undertake tests using the brain chip....

So here's how this will go, six months time Musk will make a statement about how the FDA has decided to hold up the paperwork but I can bet you they won't specify that why. This in turn will now push the human trails to the end of 2023 but don't worry folks they definitely are ready to being the human trials. End of 2023 will roll round and the FDA will again get blamed for delaying their human trials but no real mention of why, but really don't worry they defiantly really are ready. Mid 2024 will roll round and for some strange reason the trials they were defiantly 100%ready to go ahead with will now have to be delayed until... well until whenever. Blame the FDA don't blame Neurolink for not actually being ready it's all the FDAs fault. Basically it's a rerun of the FAA, Space X, Starship saga.

On a lighter note the real cause of the delays will be down to them getting the autopilot working without making you wander in to on coming traffic or having a desire to mindlessly take a run and punch at random cyclists.

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#6079514 Posted on: 12/05/2022 12:02 AM

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