Elon Musk's Neuralink startup will be streaming a 'Show and Tell event to report on the company's brain implant technology progress on Wednesday, Nov. 30.
Co-founded by Musk in 2016, the startup's goal is to develop a brain chip that can help humans better interact with computers. The implant will be put in place to help people with paralysis and other neurological disorders still access smart devices.
What We Know: Neuralink 'Show and Tell'
Neuralink tweeted a teaser video on the upcoming demo event last Nov. 24. In what seems to be a short video teaser that slowly spelled out the message "please join us for a show and tell," some researchers indicated that it could be someone or a monkey using a Neuralink wearable device to type in the characters in green. So far, Neuralink has been tight-lipped about what to expect from Wednesday's event.
Nov 30, 6 pm PT pic.twitter.com/I2J89Q7CYW
— Neuralink (@neuralink) November 24, 2022
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These demo events are known for their explosive reveals. In 2020, Neuralink unveiled designs for a battery-operated, coin-sized N1 chip implant and demonstrated how its gadgets could monitor a snuffling pig's brain activity.
Knowing what the brain implant tech startup has for us will be interesting. In 2021 Neuralink featured a monkey playing a simple video game using a company brain chip. The progress report will begin today, Nov. 30, at 6:00 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET.
The Neuralink spokesman reportedly declined to comment on the specifics of the presentation before the event, which they said was for recruiting purposes, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Numerous job positions are currently available at Neuralink, including those for engineers to create the hardware and software for its implants and surgical robots and a clinical-research coordinator to support its clinical-trial activities.
More About Neuralink
Musk was one of Neuralink's original eight founders back to the company's establishment in 2016. According to Reuters, all but one of Musk's co-founders have since departed the business. The startup joins Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company as the fifth business that Musk owns.
What is Neuralink trying to accomplish? USA Today tells us that Neuralink intends to use a surgical robotic to place tiny, flexible threads containing electrodes into the parts of the brain that regulate movement.
The minuscule cables are attached to a brain signal processing and transmission implant known as "the link." Users of the implant could operate their keyboard and mouse using only their thoughts with the help of a Neuralink app.
Despite these complex intentions, Neuralink still needs U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to implant its technology into people. Moreover, according to reports, there are no clinical trials for Neuralink listed on ClinicalTrials.gov, a U.S. federal database of ongoing research with a small to a potentially large number of human participants.
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