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Neuralink Update — April 2021
- Monkey playing Mind Pong
- Elon comments on neural net training
- Uncovering the secrets of the brain
- First human trials for wireless brain-computer interfaces
Woah. There’s a monkey playing a video game with it’s 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