A company that has developed a brain-machine interface with electrodes implanted approximately three millimeters into the cerebral cortex, the brain's outer layer. Bluetooth is used between the implant and a smartphone app.
Founded by Elon Musk and a team of scientists in 2016, Neuralink was created to help people with an array of problems, including paralysis, blindness, memory loss as well as depression and pain addiction.
Wear All Day, Charge at Night
The device lasts all day and is charged overnight. Attaching the Neuralink is performed with a surgical robot in a hospital environment without general anesthesia. After successful experiments with pigs, Neuralink achieved an FDA breakthrough device designation in 2020 for its Precise Robotically IMplanted Brain-Computer InterfacE (PRIME), and requests for human participants began in late 2023.
First Neuralink Implants
In January 2024, the first Neuralink implant known as "Telepathy," was implanted into 29-year-old Nolan Arbaugh, who is paralyzed below his shoulders. Using only his mind to move the cursor on screen, Arbaugh was able to play chess and the video game Civilization VI. A few months later, a Neuralink was successfully implanted into a second trial patient. Stay tuned! See
brain-machine interface.