It's interesting to see how far / fast they're progressing. Based purely on the information in the summary it appears they're now about as advanced as someother players [nin.nl] in this field when it comes to their implantation technologies - though that might be somewhat of a leap on my part, given the paucity of real information.
I suspect that they will soon experience, if they haven't already, the same primary problem with this approach, the build up of scar tissue, which significantly reduces the effectiveness of the implanted electrodes.
Personally I wonder if, given our current understanding of neurobiology, they've chosen the right approach to the problem, as it's not clear how the downsides can be completely overcome. That said, it's research like this that gives me that "Wow" feeling, and reminds me that it's a great time to be alive, able to witness the full ingenuity of human endeavour.
It might give you the Wow feeling, to me is sounds horrifying that anyone would mutilate an innocent monkey to do this. How about we wire up Musk instead to play video games with his mind.
I've been watching Neuralink for a while, they seem to have a new-ish non-bioreactive polymer that they're using for the threads, 4 to 6 m in width, and an implantation process for them that doesn't prompt scarring. The implantation robot can site over 100 threads a minute, minimizing time needed for the surgery. Not only are they implanting an order of magnitude more threads than anyone previously but each thread can individually monitor and/or stimulate multiple individual nerve cells along its length.
I suspect that they will soon experience, if they haven't already, the same primary problem with this approach, the build up of scar tissue, which significantly reduces the effectiveness of the implanted electrodes.
This could be their focus. If they could conquer rejection, this field would explode in variety and usefulness
Just an observation, I'm personally ill at ease with the concept's potential for misuse.
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Scar tissue will be a problem (Score:2)
It's interesting to see how far / fast they're progressing. Based purely on the information in the summary it appears they're now about as advanced as someother players [nin.nl] in this field when it comes to their implantation technologies - though that might be somewhat of a leap on my part, given the paucity of real information.
I suspect that they will soon experience, if they haven't already, the same primary problem with this approach, the build up of scar tissue, which significantly reduces the effectiveness of the implanted electrodes.
Personally I wonder if, given our current understanding of neurobiology, they've chosen the right approach to the problem, as it's not clear how the downsides can be completely overcome. That said, it's research like this that gives me that "Wow" feeling, and reminds me that it's a great time to be alive, able to witness the full ingenuity of human endeavour.
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It might give you the Wow feeling, to me is sounds horrifying that anyone would mutilate an innocent monkey to do this. How about we wire up Musk instead to play video games with his mind.
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I've been watching Neuralink for a while, they seem to have a new-ish non-bioreactive polymer that they're using for the threads, 4 to 6 m in width, and an implantation process for them that doesn't prompt scarring. The implantation robot can site over 100 threads a minute, minimizing time needed for the surgery. Not only are they implanting an order of magnitude more threads than anyone previously but each thread can individually monitor and/or stimulate multiple individual nerve cells along its length.
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Stupid Unicode.
Not 4 to 6 m in width, 4 to 6 microns in width.
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As a friend of mine told my ex, "Hold onto your skirts, Sweetie. He's a bumpy ride." Some people are going to get bounced out of the cart.
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This could be their focus. If they could conquer rejection, this field would explode in variety and usefulness
Just an observation, I'm personally ill at ease with the concept's potential for misuse.