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Elon Musk’s Neuralink gets FDA go-ahead to put chips in human brains

Neuralink's brain implants could let you control a computer with your mind

Last December, we learned that Neuralink was waiting on approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to perform its first studies on humans. The company has now obtained FDA approval.

Neuralink is an American tech company working on brain implants that aim to allow people to control a smartphone or computer hands-free. For now, the company’s technology has only been tested on monkeys, with a notable example showing a primate playing pong hands-free.

Neuralink has had a long and controversial road to reach this point. For example, the company has been accused of abusing the monkeys in its trials, leading to unnecessary deaths and transporting contaminated devices removed from their brains. We first learned in early 2021 that Neuralink was moving towards human testing.

The response to the announcement on Twitter has been largely positive. However, while some are enthusiastic about the possibility of getting the implant themselves, others fear the consequences of corporate involvement in the human brain.

These human trials will not be the first of their kind. A company based in New York, Synchron, implemented the first human brain implant in July 2022.

Neuralink is not accepting applicants to be implanted at this time. It said in a tweet that more information about “recruitment” would come “soon.”

Source: Neuralink Via: The Verge

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