Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed over the weekend the fantastic prospects of his brain-computer interface project, Neuralink, at restoring full body control for people suffering from paralysis in the not-too-distant future.
The big news with Neuralink was the great step of implanting a brain-chip into the first human participant from the United States, Noland Arbaugh.
The company has now opened applications for its next participant to undergo a chip implant.
“Long-term, I think we can bridge severed nerve signals to a second Neuralink in the spine, restoring full body control,” shared the visionary entrepreneur on the X social media platform.
Musk further expounded, "Arbaugh has achieved the amazing feat of “telepathic control of a computer or phone just by thinking."
As Neuralink searches for its second chip recipient, Arbaugh can share his quite amazing journey of transformation since he got his implant with the person chosen.
After receiving the green light from the US Food and Drug Administration to conduct human trials, Neuralink is in preparation for its PRIME, or Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface, clinical trials.
These trials aim to determine the safety of its N1 implant and R1 surgical robot, together with the initial performance of the wireless brain-computer interface in enabling people with paralysis to control external devices telepathically.
Read also | Cloud software major Zoho's Multi-Million Dollar Investment in Indian Chip Design
Read also | India's PC Market Shows 2.6% Growth in Q1 with Over 3 Million Units Shipped
