Elon Musk has just announced a first for Neuralink. His company has just successfully placed a first implant on a human being.
Things accelerated last year for Neuralink, with the United States Food and Drug Agency obtaining authorization to test its implants on humans. In September, the company officially began looking for patients. And just a few months later, she performed her first operation, successfully!
Neuralink attacks humans
This is a great first that Elon Musk announced yesterday in a post on his social network first human received a Neuralink implant yesterday and is recovering well » he rejoiced. He also added in the same production that “ the detected neuronal activity is [pour le moment] promising. »
Neuralink had in previous years tested its implants on numerous animals, including pigs, sheep and monkeys. The company had even been sued for animal abuse due to the large number of animals that died during the experiments.
Control an object with thought
For the moment, the person who received the implant does not seem to be taking the same path. The element grafted by Neuralink was installed in the part of the brain that controls movement, with the aim of allowing the patient to be able to control the cursor or keyboard of a computer. The implant, in an easily understandable way, should take the name “Telepathy.” »
Elon Musk’s stated objective with Neuralink is to be able to help treat several pathologies, whether paralysis, blindness, or even certain psychological illnesses, such as depression. In the longer term, the American billionaire also hopes to be able to improve the cognitive abilities of human beings with his implants. A grandiose project that begins with this first operated patient?
Source : Elon Musk on X, Reuters
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