“Hello world!” In December 2021, these were the first words tweeted by a paralysed man using only his thoughts and…
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Good news everyone! Elon Musk is making headlines again – and it’s not a Twitter story. This time. Before we…
The human brain is said to be the most complex biological structure ever to have existed. And while science doesn’t fully understand…
Some weeks ago, a nine-year-old macaque monkey called Pager successfully played a game of Pong with its mind. While it may sound…
Rumour has it DJI could drop a new drone this week Image: OsitaLV DJI, the folks behind the most popular drones to grace the consumer marketplace, may have a new creation seeing the light of day very soon. The company is expected to reveal a new iteration of the Mavic Air 2, which is reportedly
Okay, this is definitely one of the weirdest things we’ve written up in all our years running the website. Elon…
If thoughts, feelings and other mental activities are nothing more than electrochemical signals flowing around a vast network of brain…
Elon Musk shows off a brain chip in a pig in a Neuralink demo Following Neuralink’s recent demo, it seems clear that the world is still a way off from implementing chips in human brains and them having actual use. Last week, Elon Musk demonstrated Neuralink’s brain-machine interface using a pig outfitted with the company’s
The field of brain-machine interfaces (BMI) – which use electrodes, often implanted into the brain, to translate neuronal information into commands capable of controlling external systems such as a computer or robotic arm – have actually been around for some time. Entrepreneur Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, is aiming to test their BMI systems on a human patient by the end of 2020.
Elon Musk grabbed a lot of attention with his July 16 announcement that his company Neuralink plans to implant electrodes into the brains of people with paralysis by next year. Their first goal is to create assistive technology to help people who can’t move or are unable to communicate.