Last year it revealed that that interface helped a monkey control a computer with his brain.
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The device that allows the human brain to connect to a computer could be implanted in a person for the first time later this year, announced the founder of Neuralink neurotechnology company, mogul Elon Musk.
Neuralink presented last July about flexible ‘threads’ to be implanted in the human brain that allows the transfer of large amounts of data, in addition to an implant robot and an integrated circuit that accelerates the aforementioned transfer. Then, Musk said that interface had already allowed a monkey will control a computer with his brain
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But the new version of that technology “is awesome“, wrote this week the billionaire on his Twitter account, where Indian that “Neuralink can have this in a human being as soon as this year.”
“Really transformative potential”
However, Musk acknowledged that his neurotechnology company still has a lot left for successfully implement the interface. “First we need it to be very safe and easy to use, then determine the greatest utility against the risk,” warned, pointing out that there are “a long way“from initial work to mass production and implementation.
In case that interface becomes a reality for humans, the billionaire believes that technology would have huge implications to investigate, monitor and potentially treat neurodegenerative diseases.
“Ultimately, it will be used to compensate entire lost sections of the brain due to a cerebrovascular / congenital lesion “, highlighted Elon Musk “The potential is really transformative for restore motor functions and cerebral, “he added.
But Musk’s goal with Neuralink is even greater: to integrate the human brain with the artificial intellect, and make them work in symbiosis.
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