Although similar ones have appeared before, there are important reasons why Neuralink embraces the agenda.
29 year old Nolan ArbaughHe was injured while diving and was completely paralyzed below shoulder level. Arbaugh, the first patient of Neuralink, whose name we often hear about with Elon Musk, showed surprising results after a successful surgery. Arbaugh, who is now a paralyzed individual, posted on
Neuralink even performs its surgery with a robot telepathy The chip named is the product that makes this miraculous event possible. Thanks to himself, just by thinking; It is possible to control phones, computers and other devices. That’s not all. Because another chip of the company congenital vision It is said that it will bring vision back to those who have lost it.
How can someone who doesn’t move at all be able to control devices just by thinking?
the scientist Sumner Norman’s Let’s explain the process based on the expressions. He states that this is the same process as in electrophysiology. Signals in our nervous system are activated as our neurons communicate across synapses. This movement is also monitored through electrodes and the peaks in the fluctuations are monitored. These fluctuations occur not only when we do something; that thing It also happens when we think about doing it.
According to researcher Sonal Baberwal, Neuralink, which is placed in the patient’s brain through surgery, basically receives these waves arising from thought. interprets it as action. Not just thoughts; Situations such as whether the eyes are open or closed and being stressed or relaxed can also be detected. The advantage of Neuralink over similar studies is observes neurons one by one to be. In this way, more complex thoughts can also be processed.
In fact, the technology offered by Neuralink Not new. Similar technologies continue to offer hope to patients for years. But the Neuralink chip uses different technologies by having it in one place draws attention.
We understood the movement part, but how will the ability to see be gained?
In our brain, the image taken from the retina is processed part of visual cortex, is still among those who have lost their sight. For this reason, Musk says that the section in question can be used. First of all, a device such as a camera is needed to capture visual data from outside. Then, the image obtained from this device is transformed into a text that the brain can understand with the help of a computer. converted into electrical waves.
Finally, the Blindsight device triggers the visual cortex with this data and imitates natural vision. Musk said that the device already works smoothly on monkeys. But this process is not as easy as we explain. Because Elon Musk said that the image comes first. old Nintendo graphics He stated that it would be of very low quality, but could even surpass human vision in later stages.
As in Telepathy Blindsight There are already alternatives for this. We will wait and see what kind of product the company will introduce at this point. What are your thoughts about the two devices and how they work?