Elon Musk’s company’s project, which aims to produce and market brain chips, received the green light from American authorities in 2023 to test its brain implants on humans.
First historical. On his social network X, Elon Musk announced that a human has received a Neuralink brain implant for the first time this Sunday, January 28. The billionaire suggests that the patient, whose identity has not been released, is “doing well” and the first results are “promising”.
Neuralink is one of several companies created by Elon Musk. SpaceX and Tesla bosses discreetly launched it in 2016, Hoping for a brain transplant.
In practice, Neuralink must design a brain-computer interface that allows remote devices to be controlled by thought alone.
The aim is to restore mobility by allowing paralyzed people to interact with their environment or easily manipulate mechanical arms. Implants may also be a solution to neurological disorders, Neuralink promises.
The American Medicines Agency, FDA, gave its authorization in May 2023 Neuralink To set up clinical trials on humans.
Despite the technical and scientific prowess that Neuralink represents, numerous criticisms have been leveled against the project. Because the company is the target of several investigations by American authorities, one of them for animal abuse.
Of at least 23 monkeys used for Neuralink experiments between 2017 and 2020, Only 7 survived
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