China certainly isn’t letting Elon Musk go: After electric cars, the Asian giant is launching into brain implants

JVTech News China certainly isn’t letting Elon Musk go: After electric cars, the Asian giant is launching into brain implants

Elon Musk inspires the world (or not)

This week, Elon Musk officially announced that his startup Neuralink has been successfully completed His first brain transplant on a human patient. Despite concerns about monkey testing and the start of a scam, This did not stop the volunteerswho have shown interest in this innovation. This approach to improving humans by integrating electronic components directly into the brain has apparently also piqued China’s interest.

which plans to develop a computer brain by 2025.

in the columns of Business InsiderThus we learn it The Middle Kingdom has big plans to develop its own products. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced A document Reveals his ambitious plans to promote “Advanced Technologies”. From what we know, MIIT aims to make breakthroughs in hundreds of technologies, including the production of brain-computer interfaces such as Elon Musk’s Neuralink implant..

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= Neuralink is moving forward and so is China =

As we explained above, Neuralink has recently made significant progress on its projects. Elon Musk’s announcement In ex post On Monday, Neuralink’s first human patient received a brain transplant after receiving FDA authorization in May 2023 to conduct human trials. for its part, China has been actively working on the creation of brain-computer interface devices for many years. In 2019, a chip to power a similar interface called “Brain Talker” developed by Tianjin University in collaboration with China Electronics Corporation was unveiled.

The Chinese government also funded a brain-machine interface research laboratory in Tianjin last year, where more than 60 scientists work. South China Morning Post. In addition, Researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing have developed a device that is inserted into a person’s inner ear and connects their brain to a computer.. Independent Last year explained that this interface, called SprialE, could be inserted without surgery because he had A spiral design, which allows it to slide without an invasive mechanism. Also, the publication of this new online document comes after MIIT published its plan of projects in November. Mass production of humanoid robots.