{"id":9240,"date":"2019-07-18T08:59:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T22:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=9240"},"modified":"2019-07-18T08:59:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T22:59:21","slug":"elon-musks-neuralink-wants-to-make-your-brain-usb-c-compatible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/elon-musks-neuralink-wants-to-make-your-brain-usb-c-compatible\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk’s Neuralink wants to make your brain USB-C compatible"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The goal is to eventually begin implanting devices in paralyzed humans, allowing them to control phones or computers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Noble cause, ferkin’ freaky premise.<\/p>\n
Elon “hype-train<\/em>” Musk delivered a presentation of Neuralink’s research of pairing the brain with computers and electronics using “threads” embedded in the body.<\/p>\n
Each thread is between\u00a04 & 6 \u03bcm thick making it far smaller than a human hair. Musk proposed a number of these would be connected to the brain with a Neuralink doctor adding they’d like to do this using lasers instead of “drilling”. Eeek.<\/p>\n
The system, which hasn’t even begun the process of obtaining FDA approval, is being trailed with rats in an attempt to prove its stability. The image shown of a wired rat with a USB-C port protruding from it is quite disturbing and far from the nice hearing-aid-esque PR image used for the event.<\/p>\n
Of course that’s not the end-goal for humans. The USB-C port is likely to be replaced with some wireless connection, \u00a0but we’re far from that.<\/p>\n
For Musk, who’s actively spoken out against AI in the past, he sees Neuralink & their N1 sensor as a step forward in the advancement of humanity.<\/p>\n