The Neuralink Tell, Fall 2022 event held today left its mark on the technology agenda. Presenting at the event, Elon Musk announced that he will place the Neuralink device on his own head in the future.
Neuralink Tell, Fall 2022 event held
Working on the technology that connects the brain and the computer, Neuralink will be tested in a person in the next 6 months. Making a statement on the subject, Musk said, “We submitted most of the necessary paperwork to the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates medical devices in the United States.” made statements.
Musk announced that they will start testing human trials in 2020. The process, which took until 2022 due to the disruptions and the pandemic process, will be completed in 2023.
Aiming to control brain activities through a device placed in the brain, the company tested its devices on monkeys in 2019. The company, which released a video of a monkey playing Pong with its brain last year, managed to print “Tell, Welcome to the Fall 2022 event” to the monkeys at the event held today.
Neuralink devices are described as multiple flexible “threads” that can be inserted into the brain. “It’s like replacing a piece of your skull with a smartwatch, as there is no better analogy,” Musk said.
During the presentation, DJ Seo, vice president of Implant and co-founder of Neuralink, said that in about 15 minutes, 64 of these “threads” can be implanted into the brain using a robotic system. Emphasizing that the threads are small in size, Seo stated that they have overcome this situation with robotic surgery technologies.
“Imagine taking a hair from your head and putting it inside the wrap-covered jelly, doing it with absolute depth and precision, and doing it 64 times in a reasonable amount of time,” said Christine Odabashian, Neuralink hardware team leader. said. Musk said that Neuralink is currently trying to fill many different kinds of jobs as it moves from “prototype to product.”
shiftdelete.netThe event was mostly a technical presentation of the device, showing the audience how the system was set up, the challenges faced by the team, how the technology has evolved so far and what’s next. Researchers at the company said they have developed treatments that can help improve or restore vision or restore movement in people with paralysis.