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‘Neuron spike detected’: Elon Musk claims 1st successful brain implant

Neuralink had received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the brain chip-implant for clinical study in May last year. Read More

Tuesday January 30, 2024 11:58 PM , ummid.com with inputs from Agencies

California: Tesla and X (formerly Twitter) CEO Elon Musk Tuesday January 30, 2024 announced first successful brain implant by Neuralink and claimed ‘promising neuron spike detection’ after the surgery.

“The first human received an implant from Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well”, Elon Musk announced on social media platform X originally launched as Twitter and later renamed by Elon Musk.

“Initial results show promising neuron spike detection”, he added.

The first recipient of the brain chip is known as "telepathy”, and is reportedly recovering well after the procedure performed Sunday.

Elon Musk has also claimed that through this brain chip, phones, computers and any other device can be controlled just by thinking.

Neuralink had received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the brain chip-implant for clinical study in May last year.

Neuralink got the US FDA approval in second attempt. In March 2023, the FDA had rejected Neuralink's bid to implant a chip in a human brain over safety risks.

'Easily Replaceable'

By brain implant, Neuralink's goal is to connect human brains to computers, revolutionising the way patients with illnesses like Alzheimer's are treated. In addition, it aspires to enhance human capabilities and bring them to par with AI.

A coin-sized brain chip that can be fitted into the human brain through surgery, Neuralink's brain impnat is like a SIM card in a mobile phone. If the connection between any organ of a person and the brain gets lost, which is also called Neurological Disorder, then the brain chip will re-establish that connection.

The company claims that there are number of others in the United States who want the brain implant.

Nonetheless, Musk's Neuralink is not the first to implant a brain-computer interface into humans. Its rival Synchron launched human trials on six severely paralysed patients in the US to enable them to control digital devices hands-free, using just thoughts last year in May.

On the other hand, Futurist speaker Nikolas Badminton while acknowledging that Elon Musk’s ‘Neuralink’ brain implant is a “useful” technology, but claimed the idea dates back to the last century.

“In the 1950s, someone used it to try and stop a bull", he told Talk TV.

 

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