Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human

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Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human​

https://www.reuters.com/technology/neuralink-implants-brain-chip-first-human-musk-says-2024-01-29/

Jan 29 (Reuters) - The first human patient has received an implant from brain-chip startup Neuralink on Sunday and is recovering well, the company's billionaire founder Elon Musk said.

"Initial results show promising neuron spike detection," Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on Monday.

Spikes are activity by neurons, which the National Institute of Health describes as cells that use electrical and chemical signals to send information around the brain and to the body.
 

Neuralink reveals first human trial patient, a 29-year-old quadriplegic who says brain chip is 'not perfect' but has changed his life​

  • Neuralink is Elon Musk's neural technology company that has been working on brain-chip implants.
  • Musk announced in January that the company implanted a chip into its first human patient.
  • Neuralink revealed its first patient, Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old quadriplegic, during a livestream.
Neuralink, Elon Musk's neural technology company, revealed during a livestream on Wednesday that its first human patient to have received a brain-chip implant is a 29-year-old man who became a quadriplegic after a serious diving accident about eight years ago.

The patient, Noland Arbaugh, said during the stream, which was cast on Musk's social media company X, that the chip was "not perfect" but it had already added many improvements to his life, giving him the ability to play video games for hours on end without having to rely on his family members.

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Elon Musk’s neurotechnology startup Neuralink has said it has experienced a problem with its brain-computer interface that was surgically implanted into its first ever human patient earlier this year.
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Neuralink’s N1 brain-computer interface uses 64 threads, that contain a combined sum of 1,024 electrodes, to pick up on neural activity in the brain and translate that information into cursor movements.

In a blog post, Neuralink has, however, said that “a number” of the 64 threads that connect the implant to Arbaugh’s brain subsequently “retracted” in the weeks following the surgery, leading to a reduction in the amount of information it could pick up.

This led to a “net decrease in the number of effective electrodes” connected to Arbaugh’s brain and reduced the “speed and accuracy” with which the former college athlete was able to control the cursor via Neuralink’s interface.

In response, Neuralink modified its algorithm to increase its sensitivity and make it more responsive to the signals it was receiving, leading to “rapid and sustained improvements” in Noland’s ability to use the cursor.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/ot...ant-ever-installed-in-human-brain/ar-BB1m5HkE

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