Neuralink was announced at the end of January this yearCompleted the first personal brain chip implant surgeryLater, Elon Musk revealed in a podcast hosted by a Russian-American computer scientist that he had completed the second personal brain implant surgery, and announced that he would continue to complete another 8 surgeries this year to allow Neuralink's human brain implant chips to accumulate more clinical trial data.
Elon Musk did not reveal much about the second recipient, other than revealing he also had a spinal cord injury. The first recipient was paralyzed from the neck down following a diving accident. The implant will allow the paralyzed person to control external devices through their brains, or even communicate with others through electronic devices.
In addition, Neuralink also stated that it has made progress in restoring the limb movement ability of paralyzed people. By sewing electrodes into the spinal cord, the electrodes transmit information to cause muscle contractions in the paralyzed arms and legs, thereby improving the paralysis caused by spinal cord problems.
In addition, by implanting chips in the human brain, it may be possible to achieve a new mode of human-computer interaction in the future. For example, it will be possible to operate external devices by thinking, and even receive external information, which are currently difficult to imagine operating experiences. For example, patients with spinal injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can operate related equipment through thinking with their brains as an aid to movement.
