Elon Musk shared that Neuralink is still on track for human trials by the end of 2022. Musk recently shared that Neuralink was working “super hard” to make its brain implant safe and that they are working with the FDA to start initial human trials later this year.
Earlier this year, Neuralink opened jobs for a Clinical Trial Director and Clinical Trial Coordinator. This suggests that they are closer to testing its device on humans.
“We’re working on bridging broken links between brain and body. Neuralinks in motor and Sensory cortex riding past weak/broken links in neck/spine to Neuralinks in spinal cord should theoretically be able to restore full-body functionality,” Elon Musk said in response to a Teslarati article.
According to a 2021 Neuralink video, the company’s brain implant consists of a “puck” containing the “secret sauce active electronics” and flexible electrodes that are around 50 microns wide, 5 microns thick, and 20 millimeters long. The electrodes attached to the puck were often referred to as “threads” in the video or compared to hair strands. The electrodes are very fragile.
“Those tiny little flexible hairs are too small for a human to handle, even like with tweezers. And that’s where the robot comes in,” stated Jamie, a Neuralink electrical
engineer.
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