MOSCOW, January 30 American entrepreneur Elon Musk said that the first person received a Neuralink implant and feels good.
“»First person Yesterday I received an implant from Neuralink and is recovering well (after the operation — ed.),» the businessman wrote on his social network account X.
According to Musk, the first data received on the operation of the device show promising results.
Musk later wrote that the new Neuralink device is called Telepathy. According to him, it gives the owner the ability to control a smartphone or computer using the power of thought and is primarily created for people who have lost the use of limbs.
«Imagine if Stephen Hawking could communicate faster than a typist text or the host of the auction. This is the goal,» Musk added.
Last May, Neuralink received regulatory approval to conduct clinical trials on humans, and in September announced a recruitment of volunteers for clinical trials on implantation in brain, which can also be used to control prosthetics. Musk stated that the company plans to create prosthetics controlled by an implant implanted in the brain. According to the businessman, the cost of such a service could be about 60 thousand dollars.