Neuralink Monkey Plays Mind Pong

Neura Pod - Neuralink
3 min readApr 10, 2021
Neuralink monkey playing pong w/ just the mind.

Would you insert a chip in your brain to play video games at triple or quadruple speed?

Despite how cool or frightening that may sound, that’s not the only thing Neuralink is working on.

This Elon Musk company is not as well known as Tesla or SpaceX, but they sure will be if they keep making progress like this. If you aren’t familiar with Neuralink, the quick few things you need to know are:

1. The company will help merge humans with computers by implanting computer chips into our brains, and

2. The company could help almost anyone who’s paralyzed, or anyone with brain disorders, like depression, dementia, or Alzheimer’s Disease

Here’s my reaction to the video Neuralink released on their company YouTube page:

This isn’t the first time Neuralink’s demonstrated being able to safely implant a Neuralink into animals. In the demonstration from the summer of 2020, Elon and the team presented several healthy pigs who had functional implants:

Neuralink is working towards building truly life-changing tech. This demonstration gives us a small glimpse into the future of brain-machine interfaces. By having a digital layer that connects our brains to computers, we’ll be able to work with computers so much more quickly. Forget having to type on your phone! In fact, Elon just tweeted earlier today saying:

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Neura Pod - Neuralink

Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interface and artificial intelligence will be explored.