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There were gruesome deaths of Neuralink monkeys
An experiment conducted by Elon Musk’s Neuralink showed a monkey had to be euthanized after a piece of the brain implant broke off during the surgery, Wired reported. During the trial, a robot will surgically place the implant inside a part of the brain that controls movement intention. The implant is designed to record and…
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The first human trial of Neuralink’s brain-computer interface is currently recruiting subjects
Elon Musk-owned startup Neuralink has said it will be conducting its first-ever in-human trial for its brain-computer interface (BCI) implant. The implant is a part of the brain that records neural activity using 1,024 electrodes distributed across 64 threads, each thinner than a human hair. It will be implanted into a part of the brain…