New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said his brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, can help restore full body control in people suffering from paralysis in the near future.
Neuralink has achieved a successful brain-chip implant with the first human — Noland Armagh — in the US.
The company is now accepting applications for the second participant for a chip implant.
“Long-term, I think we can bridge severed nerve signals to a second Neuralink in the spine, restoring full body control,” the tech billionaire posted on the X social media platform.
Arbaugh, the world’s first recipient of a Neuralink, has enabled “telepathic control of a computer or phone just by thinking,” Musk added.
When Neuralink selects the second chip participant, Arbaugh would tell him or her about his life-changing experiences after the implant.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved human trials for the company in this regard. The company also plans to test the safety of its implant (N1) and surgical robot (R1) with PRIME (Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface) experiments.
The purpose of these trials is to observe the first operations of the wireless brain-computer interface in transferring thoughts to external devices for immobilized individuals. Neuralink Corp. is a US-based tech firm specializing in neural engineering.
Although there is some criticism and skepticism around the Neuralink’s new upcoming experiments in the medical fraternity, with relevant permissions and for the advancement of medical treatment, this experiment is one of the most closely watched human trial of the modern times.
