A few hours ago, via social network X/Twitter, technology billionaire Elon Musk revealed a success of Neuralink – a brain science startup owned by him.\

Specifically, Mr. Musk said Neuralink has implanted a device into the human body for the first time, and this is a possible step towards a product that he said will allow people to control almost any industrial device. technology “just by thinking”.

The billionaire also added that the anonymous patient “received the transplant yesterday (January 29)” and “is recovering well” and that “initial results show the possibility of (the device) was) discovered neural spikes and is promising”.

Mr. Musk did not provide any other details about the surgical procedure, the patient or the device the company implanted.

It should be noted that over the past several decades, scientists have been researching similar ideas about so-called “brain-computer interfaces” and if Neuralink is successful, it is very possible that the Devices implanted in the brain could assist people with disabilities, change the way people communicate, or more.

While there is no confirmation of Neuralink’s work, it should be noted that one of its competitors, Precision Neuroscience, implanted a device in a human for the first time in 2023.

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Mr. Musk’s information came 8 months after Neuralink said it had received approval from the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) to conduct its first human clinical study.

In September 2023, Neuralink said it will begin recruiting patient volunteers to participate in the study.

According to NBC news agency, the San Francisco-based company Neuralink has not yet responded to their request for more information.

The FDA – the agency that regulates medical devices and is responsible for approving any consumer products in the US – has not commented on Mr. Musk’s information.​

How many people can “be” influenced?In 2016, Mr. Musk and several others founded Neuralink and added it to the list of other companies he leads, including Tesla and SpaceX (the list grew in 2022 after he bought the network social X/Twitter).

Neuralink is currently supported by more than 30 investors.

Overcoming all criticism related to animal testing, Neuralink once revealed that they were creating a brain implant called Link to help patients, including those with severe paralysis, use it. Use external technologies.

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Mr. Musk also said that Neuralink’s first product will be called Telepathy, with which users can control smartphones (smartphones) or PCs (personal computers) just by thinking. .

The billionaire emphasized that “the initial users will be amputees – imagine (physics king) Stephen Hawking being able to communicate faster than a typist or an auctioneer. That’s the goal ours”.

According to WHO (World Health Organization) data, by 2021 the world will have more than 1 billion people with disabilities.

WHO’s definition of a person with a disability is a person who “has problems with body function or structure, is limited in movement, has difficulty performing certain tasks or actions”.

WHO also added that 75 million people need wheelchairs every day – equivalent to 1% of the world’s population. Most of the rest are people with eye, ear and intellectual disabilities, but data on people with limb disabilities is still unclear.

More importantly, 80% of people with disabilities are between the ages of 18 and 64, which is working age.​Gửi ý kiến phản hồiBảng điều khiển bênCác bản dịch đã thực hiệnĐã lưuĐóng góp

WHO data in 2021.