2024-07-15 23:30:22
The American tycoon of Elon Musk technologyannounced that his neurotechnology company Neuralink will resume the installation of brain implants in Humansafter a problem was overcome two months ago that reduced the ability of the first patient operated on to move the cursor of a computer with the thought.
The startup company, co-founded by Musk In 2016, the aim is to develop a direct communication channel between the brain and computers, with the aim of, in an initial phase, restoring autonomy to people with medical needs, especially those with tetraplegia.
Its technology, which promises in the future “lUnlocking human potential”, works through a device the size of five stacked coins that is inserted into the brain through invasive surgery and allows devices to be controlled with the mind.
“Now we move on to our second patient. But we hope, if all goes well, to have several, more than five, already this year,” said the billionaire yesterday in a conference broadcast on X, his red social.
“For the next phase of deployment, we really want to make sure that we make as much progress as possible between each patient in Neuralink”, added the head of Tesla y SpaceX.
In January, Neuralink placed its first brain implant in a human, Noland Arbaugh29 years old, quadriplegic since a diving accident.
The company released a video in March showing Noland playing chess online, using his mind, without mentioning one detail: After the operation, some of the electrode-coated wires had retracted. As they serve to capture neural signals, The patient momentarily lost the ability to control the screen cursor.
Neuralink said in May that it had fixed the problem, in particular by improving the algorithm to make it more sensitive to signals.
On Wednesday, the company took stock of its progress, including implanting wires deeper into the brain to improve capabilities from the patients.
He hopes to one day restore mobility to paralyzed people, thanks to a second implant in the spinal cord.
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