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Elon Musk said that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup Neuralink
Unusual Whales ^ | January 29th, 2024 | unattributed

Posted on 01/29/2024 8:44:03 PM PST by shadowlands1960

Elon Musk said that the first human patient has received a brain implant from his startup Neuralink.

In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Musk reported that the patient is recovering well, and the initial results of the Neuralink brain implant procedure are promising.

Neuralink's brain implant is designed to assist individuals with traumatic injuries in operating computers using their thoughts. In May, the company announced FDA approval for its first human trials. Last year, Neuralink began recruiting patients with quadriplegia due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) for the trial.

On X, Musk revealed that Neuralink's initial product would be called Telepathy. It aims to enable "control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking." Musk emphasized that the initial users of the product would be individuals who have lost the use of their limbs. He envisioned a scenario where individuals like Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a speed typist or auctioneer.

Musk mentioned that Neuralink has achieved positive results for neuron spike detection, indicating successful recordings from the patient's brain, according to Kip Ludwig, co-director of the Wisconsin Institute for Translational Neuroengineering at the University of Wisconsin. However, Neuralink needs to demonstrate its capabilities beyond other leading companies in the field, such as Blackrock Neurotech and Synchron.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: andsoitbegins; brainimplant; cyborg; elonmusk; first; musk; neuralink
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To: Pontiac

I’m oddly suspect of brain implants.


61 posted on 01/30/2024 10:35:19 AM PST by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

So am I.

But I find Gates’ work with AI more of a threat the implants.

Unless they start to involuntarily implanting computers in people’s heads I think the threat is minimal.

Gates’ buying up farmland I also find troubling.

I think Gates is one of the Supervillains that comic books have warned us about for nearly 100 years.


62 posted on 01/30/2024 10:50:15 AM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: shadowlands1960

they did put one in hawking and all he kept saying was

bring in the girls epstein

bring in the girls.


63 posted on 01/30/2024 1:19:37 PM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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