Elon Musk is all set to reveal a key update on his brain-machine
interface company Neuralink this week and may announce human trials for the
technology that has been successful on mice and even apes.
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CEO Elon
Musk is all set to reveal a key update on his brain-machine interface company
Neuralink this week and may announce human trials for the technology that has
been successful on mice and even apes.
While the whole
agenda is still speculative, a live demonstration of neuron firing activity is
confirmed.
"Will show
neurons firing in real-time on August 28th. The matrix in the matrix,"
Musk tweeted last month.
Musk has also
claimed that a new Neuralink
chip will allow users to hear sounds that previously were impossible to human
ears.
He confirmed the
new feature last month over an exchange with a Twitter user who asked: "If
we implement Neuralink - can we listen to music directly from our chips? Great
feature."
Musk replied with
a simple, "yes".
He also confirmed
that the chip would be able to control hormone levels, which would have the
potential to help with anxiety relief, among other things.
To help paralysed
people control devices and empower people with brain disorders, Neuralink last
year unveiled tiny brain "threads" in a chip which is long lasting,
usable at home and has the potential to replace cumbersome devices currently used
as brain-machine interfaces.
In February this
year, Musk promised an "awesome" update by Neuralink.
"The profound
impact of high bandwidth, high precision neural interfaces is underappreciated.
Neuralink may have this in a human as soon as this year," Musk had tweeted.
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