Everything We Know About Neuralink’s Brain Implant Trial

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• kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  F this guy.

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  • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, if I’d have paralysis, with some probability I’d want to try even knowing all about Musk.

    There’s that problem though with Musk apparently being too excited about putting a cord in one’s skull. Instead of, I don’t know, scanning for brain waves and analyzing patterns? I know literally nothing of the domain area, it’s just that maybe subtlety is a good thing.

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    • admin@lemmy.my-box.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      A few years ago, I read a really comprehensive article about Neuralink on waitbutwhy.com. Mind you, it’s long.

      But if I recall correctly, the reason why needles rather than scanning is precision, speed and 2 two-way communication. Needles is a more risky and invasive procedure, but it does allow near instant communication, at the precise neurons you want to target, and it allows to override the signal.

      In some cases of paralysis, the signal to move a muscle might be there, but it’s just to weak to get anything done. By amplifying it, you fix that problem at the source.

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Don’t worry, just learn some flashy buzzwords and you’ll know as much about brain implants as musk.

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    • smegger@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah this is one of those things where you don’t have to like the guy to want to take advantage of the tech. Elon is a loud mouthed idiot, but he’s somehow spawned some cool companies

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    • kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Murdering thousands of animals? No, thank you. If we want it for us, test it on people.

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• NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Hmmm… I see the image of that Elon guy’s head up there. Does it mean they are trying to implant some brain into it?

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• PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Yeah no.

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• tallwookie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  seems like they could create the necessary patients by “updating” tesla drivetrain control software…

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• nicman24@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  i really hope it works out. fda approval for such devices will be a big step forward for my mechanicus cosplay

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