Neuralink Approved For Human Brain Implant Tests
US FDA approved Neuralink's implant research for human-to-computer brain interface.
Neuralink, a company founded by Elon Musk, has been granted permission to carry out tests on patients using their brain implants. This move has been authorized by regulators in the United States.
On Thursday, Neuralink got approval from the FDA for human trials of brain-to-computer implants. This is a big deal.
Neuralink got FDA's approval for their first clinical study. Musk's tweet mentioned the news. They are excited to share it.
The company Neuralink has made prototypes that are the size of a coin. They have put them in monkeys' skulls, and they have shown people how it works.
Surgeons use a robot to put a Neuralink disk in the skull. The disk's wires go into the brain. A demonstration happened.
Musk says the disk records nerve activity. The information is sent through Bluetooth to a device, like a phone.
Musk said it fits well in your skull in a past presentation.
You might have it on your scalp without knowing.
Great job Neuralink team! Well done for your achievement!
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Neuralink presented monkeys playing video games with their implanted devices. The monkeys moved a cursor on a screen via the implant.
Pigs were used to test the technology.
Neuralink hasn't started accepting people for human clinical trials yet.
Musk made a business about intelligent machines. He thinks it's important to link minds with machines to keep up with AI.
Experts and academics are not sure about his idea of combining human minds with computer technology. They are being careful and hesitant about it. They don't want to rush into something that might not be safe or beneficial. They want to study and understand it more before deciding whether it's a good idea.
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Musk said four times that his company would test a brain implant to help with conditions like paralysis and blindness. The company started in 2016, but they didn't ask for permission until 2022. The FDA said no. Seven employees told Reuters this in March.
Government officials asked the FDA to check if Neuralink's animal testing team caused any problems. The FDA has given Neuralink the green light. The company was being checked by the government before.
In Dec 2022, Reuters reported that the USDA inspector general is investigating possible violations of the Animal Welfare Act. A federal prosecutor requested the probe. The act focuses on how researchers treat and test certain animals. The investigation also covers the USDA's oversight of Neuralink.
Musk wants Neuralink to help people who lost their mobility and vision. He thinks that the implants could be the solution.
He said they can help someone who can't use their muscles and let them use their phone quicker than someone with working hands.
He said it's possible to restore full body functionality to someone with a severed spinal cord. It sounds miraculous, but they're confident.
Synchron is a company that has created a brain-machine interface. They implanted it in a person in July. Other companies also work on similar things.
The Neuralink team wants to do many things. They want to help paralyzed people walk again. They also want blind people to see again. They hope to make people communicate using telepathy. They also want to store memories for later use. They may even be able to download these memories into new bodies.
