Neuralink Implant Moving Toward Human Trials
Elon Musk hopes coin-sized computer implants may soon bring sight to the visually impaired and movement to the paralyzed.
However, the first project for his Neuralink Corporation is to win approval for a brain-computer interface (BCI) to be tested in humans. This technology could help someone who, for instance, had a stroke to be able to communicate with their thoughts, making the neuronal spikes from the brain readable by a computer.
Testing has been going on for a while, but human trials […]