Elon Musk’s ambitious brain-computer startup, Neuralink, continues research on its future-of-medicine product, a statement from the CEO has revealed.
Musk, in a recent tweet, reiterated the company’s mission to develop chips capable of supporting humans to deliver on tasks, citing how the startup’s product will enable persons with paralysis use smartphones with their mind.
He tweeted: “First @Neuralink product will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs.
“Later versions will be able to shunt signals from Neuralinks in brain to Neuralinks in body motor/sensory neuron clusters, thus enabling, for example, paraplegics to walk again.
“The device is implanted flush with skull & charges wirelessly, so you look & feel totally normal.”
The startup, which aligns mission with a broader trend of technology, seeks to merge their approaches with the world of healthcare.
Solving the paralysis challenge in humans, the startup envisions drilling holes into the brain with a custom machine to embed thin threads that connect to a tiny processor, which can then be connected to a smartphone over Bluetooth.
Earlier speaking on the company’s ambition, Musk had stated that the company aimed at bringing something to the market in a bid to help with certain severe brain injuries (stroke, cancer lesion, congenital) in years ahead.
