Elon Musk’s Neuralink Wants To Put Chips In Our Brains — How It Works And Who Else Is Doing It

Forbes June 5, 2023
Robert Hart

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Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant company, has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration to start testing its device in humans, one of a growing cadre of neurotech pioneers with goals of merging humans with machines to treat a range of medical conditions such as paralysis, blindness and depression—and enhance existing abilities like memory or allow us to interact with computers by thought alone.

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In late May, Neuralink announced it had secured FDA approval to launch its first “in-human clinical study.” The decision “represents an important first step that will one day allow our technology to help many people,” the firm said, adding that it was the result of “incredible work” by the Neuralink...

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