Elon Musk May Reveal Human Trials for Brain Computer Tech This Week

Business Standard Elon Musk may reveal human trials for brain computer tech this week

Elon Musk is all set to reveal a key update on his brain-machine interface company Neuralink this week and may announce human trials for the technology that has been successful on mice and even apes.

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is all set to reveal a key update on his brainmachine interface company Neuralink this week and may announce human trials for the technology that has been successful on mice and even apes.

While the whole agenda is still speculative, a live demonstration of neuron firing activity is confirmed.

"Will show neurons firing in real-time on August 28th. The matrix in the matrix," Musk tweeted last month.

Musk has also claimed that a new Neuralink chip will allow users to hear sounds that previously were impossible to human ears.

He confirmed the new feature last month over an exchange with a Twitter user who asked: "If we implement Neuralink - can we listen to music directly from our chips? Great feature."

Musk replied with a simple, "yes".

He also confirmed that the chip would be able to control hormone levels, which would have the potential to help with anxiety relief, among other things.

To help paralysed people control devices and empower people with brain disorders, Neuralink last year unveiled tiny brain "threads" in a chip which is long lasting, usable at home and has the potential to replace cumbersome devices currently used as brain-machine interfaces.

In February this year, Musk promised an "awesome" update by Neuralink.

"The profound impact of high bandwidth, high precision neural interfaces is underappreciated. Neuralink may have this in a human as soon as this year," Musk had tweeted.