Elon Musk announced that he hopes that the first human tests of the brain chips developed by Neuralink will soon begin, one of his companies that has been working on this type of technology for a long time. years.
The billionaire said that the tests could start in about six months , however, this is not the first time that Musk raises a date that Neuralink is not capable of meeting.
“I think we have submitted most of our documentation to the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) and we estimate that probably in about six months we should be able to have our first Neuralink in a human”, said the businessman.
He highlighted that want to be very careful that the first implant in humans is a complete success , so they have taken extreme precautions so that it works perfectly before implanting it in a person.
The objective of these chips is to improve the ability of people with motor or vision problems, in such a way that the chip helps them either to move or see correctly . Musk has pointed out that with these chips it is possible to help people with spinal cord problems to be able to walk again.
manage your muscles and we would allow you to operate your phone faster than someone who has working hands”, expressed Musk.
Elon Musk acknowledged that users may consider in At first, the progress of this technology is particularly slow. However, this is perfectly normal and once it is more developed the advances will occur much faster.
He added that he is confident that they will be able to give vision to those people who were born without visual capacity, something that until now is completely impossible.
According to Musk, the next step after the usefulness of the Neuralink chips is verified will be develop chips that allow people to control advanced electronic devices with just their brains.
It remains to be seen if these ambitious plans of Elon Musk can come to fruition as these chips have advanced at a much slower pace than expected. Proof of this is that Musk believed that by the year they would have already started human tests.
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