Elon Musk says Neuralink’s brain-machine implant could enter human studies next year
Elon Musk’s brain-machine interface company Neuralink aims to put its first implant in a human subject in the next six months, he said during an event Wednesday.
Musk said the company has been “working hard to be ready for our first human,” and has submitted most of the required paperwork to the Food and Drug Administration to launch a study in humans. The company — which is designing a device to translate the brain’s signals into actions —also announced it will first focus specifically on two applications: restoring human vision, and helping people who can’t move their muscles to control devices like smartphones or even return full body functionality to people with severed spinal cords, Musk said.
