Elon Musk's Neuralink Implants Second Brain-Computer Interface Chip in a Human

TapTechNews August 4th news, according to Elon Musk, his brain-computer interface company Neuralink has successfully implanted the second brain-computer interface chip into a human patient. This is another major progress after the first patient was implanted in January this year.

TapTechNews noticed that Musk shared this news in the podcast program with Lex Fridman on Friday. In the eight-hour conversation, Musk mentioned that the second implant is currently progressing smoothly. Musk said: I don't want to jump to conclusions, but it seems to have gone extremely well with the second implant. So there's a lot of signal, a lot of electrodes. It's working very well. (Idon'twanttojinxit, butitseemstohavegoneextremelywellwiththesecondimplant. Sothere'salotofsignal,alotofelectrodes. It'sworkingverywell)

This implantation is part of Neuralink's PRIME research. This research aims to conduct clinical trials of implantation technology on patients with quadriplegia caused by spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The goal of the implant is to help patients control external devices such as computer mice only through their thoughts.

Neuralink set the participant conditions last year, including no history of implanted devices, no history of epilepsy, no need for MRI examination, and no transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment.

After Neuralink obtained FDA approval last May, in January this year, it first implanted the brain-computer interface chip into the patient Noland Arbaugh. After the implantation, Arbaugh could control the computer mouse only with his thoughts and no longer rely on his mouth and stylus.

In May this year, Neuralink obtained FDA approval to install implants for the second patient. Musk said last month that it is expected that by 2026, more than 1,000 people will have Neuralink chips implanted.