Neuralink plans to test its brain machine interface technology with four of its N1 chips installed under patients' skin.
Neuralink; Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNETElon Musk has an update about an update.
Musk said Thursday on Twitter to expect a progress update on Neuralink, his startup that's trying to create a link between brains and computers, on Aug. 28. The aim of the device is to help those with brain and spinal cord injuries, or congenital defects.
Progress update August 28
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2020
In July 2019, Musk said the company had tried the device on a monkey and the monkey had been able to control a computer with its brain. He also said he'd hoped to have it in a human patient by the end of the year.
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Neuralink didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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