Elon Musk’s Neuralink can ‘read’ a rat’s brain

Jul17

by Sindy Cator on July 17, 2019 at 3:43 am

Elon Musk’s ambitious brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, finally told us today what it’s been up to. As per Bloomberg’s report, it can ‘read’ a rat’s mind with the help of tiny electrodes implanted into the animal’s neurons and synapses. The company plans to seek approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) next year to start trials on humans. Neuralink’s President, Max Hodak, told journalists in a briefing that the company’s planning to drill 8mm holes into a paralyzed human’s skull and install implants through which they can control phones and computers. He added that in future it plans to use a laser…