Elon Musk’s wireless brain chips which are currently under development at his company, Neuralink are expected to undergo human clinical trials in the next six months. Founder of Neuralink, Elon Musk said on Wednesday that his company is taking every precautionary step to ensure that the chip works as it should before implanting it into a human.
“We want to be extremely careful and certain that it will work well before putting a device into a human,” He said.
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According to Neuralink, the chips will be capable of restoring vision and helping disabled patients to move and communicate again. The Texas-based company has been testing their chip on animals while waiting for approval from the US Food and Drug Administration before commencing human trials.
Elon Musk while speaking to a few selected reps said that although progress with human trials will seem slow, his company is going to do its best. He added that the first two trials on humans will be targeted at restoring lost vision and enabling muscle movement for the disabled.
“Even if someone has never had vision, ever, like they were born blind, we believe we can still restore vision,”.
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Somewhere last year, the company posted a video demonstration of a monkey that was playing a video game with its mind. Read more HERE