Neuralink

American brain-computer interface company

Neuralink Corporation is a company that likes to connect human brains with machines for helping people that

Neuralink
Industryneurotechnology
FounderElon Musk, Jared Birchall
Headquarters
Pioneer Building, San Francisco, California
,
United States of America
Number of employees
300
Websitehttps://neuralink.com

History change

In 2016 Elon Musk and 7 other people created Neuralink.

In 2021 a monkey played Pong using a Neuralinked brain.[1]

Plans change

Neuralink hopes to test with a person's brain in 2023. [2] [3] On January 29, 2024, Musk said that Neuralink had successfully implanted a Neuralink device in a human on the day prior. Musk said the patient is recovering, and added "Initial results show promising neuron spike detection".[4]

References change

  1. "Professor Paul Nuyujukian MD, PhD (Brain-machine interface researcher) explains the Neuralink Monkey MindPong video and its significance for the fields of neuroengineering and systems neuroscience" (video). youtube.com. Paul Nuyujukian. April 2021.
  2. "Elon Musk's Neuralink Brain Implant Could Begin Human Trials In 2023". www.forbes.com. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-16. Neuralink could start human trials in 2023
  3. "Neuralink: Elon Musk's brain chip firm says US approval won for human study". www.bbc.com. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-05-26. Elon Musk's brain-chip firm says it has received approval from the US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) to conduct its first tests on humans.
  4. "Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted first brain chip in a human". The Guardian. 2024-01-30. Retrieved 2024-01-30.