Elon also announced that they have robots that can carry out this procedure on human beings, with the assistance of neurosurgeons. While all of this sounds interesting, the current update is that the medical experts want to first leverage this technology to help patients who have brain-related disorders, before using it to help humans perform wonders with their thoughts.
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How does Neuralink work?
At the heart of Neuralink is the N1, a 4mm chip that is implanted into the skull. Attached to this chip are wires that are thinner than a single human hair, and these wires proceed to interact with the brain. These threads are placed close to important parts of the brain and are able to detect messages as they are relayed between neurons, recording each impulse and stimulating their own. Neuralink claims the N1 is able to connect with 1,000 different brain cells, and that a patient might have as many as 10 N1 chips implanted.
What exactly does Neuralink do?
As mentioned above, Neuralink can be used to operate encephalopathy. It can also be used as a connection between the human brain and technology. This means that people with paralysis can easily operate their phones and computer directly with their brains. Its main purpose is to help people to communicate through text or voice messages. Of course, Neuralink is not limited to that, it can also be utilized to draw pictures, take photographs, and do other activities.
While there is no news of the first official Neuralink surgery for the aforementioned function, medical experts have done some research into how the same technology can be used to treat conditions like epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease, and also paraplegia, and quadriplegia following injuries to spinal nerves.
