Neuralink Received Approval for Its Second Human Experiment

Elon Musk’s brain chip initiative Neuralink started its first human experiments in recent months. With a surgery performed in January, 29-year-old paralyzed Noland Arbaugh became the first person to have a chip inserted into his brain. In the videos released later, it was seen that Arbaugh could do many things with just the power of his mind, from playing games to sharing on social media.

Now, there has been a development that will make Neuralink happy. American Food and Drug Administration (FDA), The company is officially allowed to continue testing. approved. This news emerged in a report published by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

A second person will be fitted with a Neuralink chip

The US health regulator FDA’s approval comes after the company’s initial trials will fix the problems came after he stated. The company had recently announced that it had experienced some problems, stating that there were differences in the positions of the threads in the chip installed in Arbaugh. It plans to solve these problems by embedding it deeper, according to the report.

It is not yet clear who Neuralink’s second patient will be. of the company Second try in June is expected to start. Let’s also add that it aims to place the implant in 10 people in total by the end of the year. According to WSJ so far More than 1000 paralyzed people applied for tests.

The brain-computer interface system developed by Neuralink aims to control devices such as computers through thought and thus help paralyzed patients.