Elon Musk Makes Big Announcement About New Technology
The neurotechnology company co-founded by Elon Musk, Neuralink, is set for what could be world-changing human trials soon.
Musk recently revealed that Neuralink will begin human trials for the company's first implants for vision within the next year.
"In the next six to 12 months, we’ll be doing our first implants for vision, where even if somebody is completely blind, we can write directly to the visual cortex," Musk said to Y Combinator on Thursday.
Neuralink has already tested the implant on a monkey, and Musk says that the animal has had it for three years. He adds that the vision offered from the implant would be in low resolution at first, but will improve over time.
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"Long term, it'll be very high resolution and you'll be able to see multi-spectral wavelengths," Musk revealed.
Musk said back in April that the vision of the people who use the implant "will exceed the best human eyes."
The "Blindsight" implant will enable its users to see ultraviolet rays, infrared and radar "like a superpower situation," the Tesla CEO added.
Neuralink's brain-computer interface (BCI) has already seen some success. The BCI was inserted into the brain of Noland Arbaugh, a paralyzed man who is now able to control computers with his thoughts thanks to the technology.
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