American entrepreneur Elon Musk said in his podcast with YouTube blogger Lex Friedman that the second person has already successfully undergone the implantation procedure from the company Neuralink. Video clip published regarding video hosting.
“I don’t want to jinx it, but it looks like everything went really well with this implant. It gets a lot of signals and has a lot of electrodes. It works great,” Musk said.
According to him, 400 electrodes are functioning in the patient’s brain.
Nolan Arbaugh, the first person to receive the Neuralink chip, previously said that the device’s effectiveness continues to increase despite some of the electrodes moving away from his brain (currently around 15% are working). Arbaugh expressed hope that the next participant in the trial will be able to activate 90-100% of the electrodes, which would open up new possibilities not currently available to him.
Musk also said the company plans to increase the number of patients receiving Neuralink implants to 10 by the end of the year. In January 2024, it announced that the first person to receive a brain implant was 29-year-old Nolan Arbaugh, who was completely paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury. The device is placed in the area of ​​the brain responsible for motor activity and is connected to microwaves that read brain signals. These signals are transmitted wirelessly to a computer application, allowing the owner to control the device with their thoughts.
The technology is designed to assist people with motor function loss.
In early July, Musk announced plans to implant an implant into another participant in the trial.
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Source: Gazeta
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