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According to a nine minute impromptu interview posted on the social media service X, Arbaugh said that the technology provided by Neuralink had changed his life despite running into "some issues" as part of the surgery and installation. [2] The implant allows him to control a computer cursor with his thoughts, enabling him to perform digital tasks.
Musk’s announcement could mark an important milestone for Neuralink’s efforts to usher potentially life-transforming technology out of the lab and into the real world.
Neuralink tests its devices by surgically implanting them in the brains of live monkeys, pigs, and other animals. [56] This has been criticized by groups such as PETA. [57] In August 2020, Neuralink conducted a live demo in which the brain activity of a pig, Gertrude, was displayed in real time.
The chip Neuralink is developing is about the size of a coin. From the chip, an array of tiny wires, each roughly 20 times thinner than a human hair, fan out into the patient's brain.
The Neuralink chip is currently estimated to cost $10,500 in exams, parts and labor. The cost to insurers is expected to push the price up to $50,000. The actual price could easily run higher if ...
Neuralink has said it has implanted its brain chip, which is designed to allow quadriplegic and paralyzed patients to control a computer with their mind, in two test subjects so far.
Neuralink has seemingly had some success in testing on animals. It has shown the system being used to allow a monkey to play Pong, for instance – a feat that had already been achieved by other ...
Neuralink is backed by more than 30 investors, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, according to TechCrunch. Musk said in 2022 that he plans to get one of the Neuralink ...