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☆ Elon Musk’s Neuralink is seeking a second person to test its brain chip
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink is accepting applications for a second human trial participant to test its device, the billionaire said on X Friday. Neuralink said that the threads connecting the chip to Arbaugh’s brain had retracted, causing performance issues, although the company said it made adjustments to improve its function. Still, Arbaugh says the implant — which allows him to control a computer cursor with his brain — has changed his life. This is the next step forward of helping people with paralysis.”Now, Neuralink is seeking more people like Arbaugh to test out its brain chip. About a month after the operation, Musk said Arbaugh could control a computer mouse with his brain.

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☆ Neuralink patient said he asked about reports of botched brain-chip surgeries on monkeys
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewNeuralink's first patient, Noland Arbaugh, said he did his research before he decided to get the brain implant, including looking into the reports of animal testing gone awry. AdvertisementBefore Elon Musk's company Neuralink began human testing, the company shared demos of monkeys and pig test subjects using the implant. "No monkey has died as a result of a Neuralink implant," Musk wrote on X in September. "It's hard to describe something in your brain," Arbaugh said. Neuralink began recruiting for human trials last year and unveiled its first human patient earlier this month.

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☆ Neuralink faced many challenges in its bid to implant humans with brain chips. Here are the key takeaways.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's firm Neuralink said it's successfully implanted a brain chip in its first human patient. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk's futuristic company Neuralink has implanted a brain chip into its first human patient. In 2019, Musk said Neuralink was aiming for approval for human trials by the end of 2020. In November last year, the company faced renewed scrutiny over the deaths of Neuralink's test monkeys.

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☆ First Neuralink human trial subject can control a computer mouse with brain implant, Elon Musk says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk says Neuralink’s first human trial participant can control a computer mouse with their brain, nearly one month after having the company’s chip implanted. Trial patients will have a chip surgically placed in the part of the brain that controls the intention to move. Like existing brain-machine interfaces, the company’s implant would collect electrical signals sent out by the brain and interpret them as actions. Before Neuralink’s brain implants hit the broader market, they’ll need regulatory approval. Elon Musk's Neuralink aims to one day let humans control computers with their minds.

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☆ Brooke Ellison, Prominent Disability Rights Advocate, Is Dead at 45
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Sam Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Brooke Ellison, who after being paralyzed from the neck down by a childhood car accident went on to graduate from Harvard and became a professor and a devoted disability rights advocate, died on Sunday in Stony Brook, N.Y., on Long Island. Her death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of quadriplegia, her mother, Jean Ellison, said. As an 11-year-old, Brooke had been taking karate, soccer, cello and dance lessons and singing in a church choir. But on Sept. 4, 1990, she was struck by a car while running across a road near her home in Stony Brook. After waking from a 36-hour coma, she spent six weeks in the hospital and eight months in a rehabilitation center.

Persons: Brooke Ellison, Jean Ellison, Brooke Organizations: Harvard Locations: Stony Brook, N.Y, Long

☆ Elon Musk's Neuralink implanted its first brain chip in a human's skull. Here's what we know about the surgery.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk said Neuralink successfully implanted its first brain chip in a human. Here's everything we know about the surgery that replaces a portion of your skull. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementElon Musk said his brain-chip startup implanted its device in its first human patient on Monday. Here's what we know about the process, according to videos from the startup, as well as media reports.

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☆ Elon Musk says the first human patient has received a brain implant from Neuralink
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New Delhi CNN —Elon Musk’s controversial startup Neuralink has implanted a chip in a human brain for the first time, the billionaire said in a post on his X platform late Monday. The operation took place on Sunday and the patient was recovering well, he added. “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” the world’s richest man said on X, the social media platform he owns. In May last year, Neuralink received FDA clearance for human clinical trials, and a few months later, the startup began recruiting patients with quadriplegia caused by cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Trial patients will have a chip surgically placed in the part of the brain that controls the intention to move.

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NEW YORK (AP) — According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend. Neuralink reposted Musk's Monday post on X, but did not publish any additional statements acknowledging the human implant. In its September announcement, Neuralink said the wires would be surgically placed in a region of the brain that controls movement intention. The initial goal of the so-called brain computer interface is to give people the ability to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone. There are more than 40 brain computer interface trials underway, according to clinicaltrials.gov.

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☆ Elon Musk should face an SEC probe over his claims that no monkeys died as a result of Neuralink implants, lawmakers say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk is facing scrutiny over his comments related to the Neuralink monkeys, per a Wired report. Lawmakers are calling for an investigation after he said no monkeys had died due to the brain chip. AdvertisementElon Musk is facing renewed scrutiny over the deaths of Neuralink's test monkeys as the company prepares to begin human trials. The news comes after reports that a dozen monkeys experienced a range of health issues after having the implant installed, before they were eventually euthanized. Musk has long faced intense controversy over claims that the monkeys Neuralink tested its brain interface technology on had experienced "extreme suffering."

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☆ Elon Musk's Neuralink has thousands of people lined up for a brain chip implant. Here's what we know about the surgery that replaces a portion of your skull.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk's brain chip startup Neuralink has reportedly received interest from thousands of potential patients. The company reportedly aims to implant the device in 11 people next year. Here's everything we know about the surgery that replaces a portion of your skull. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . But in the meantime, here's what we know about the process, according to videos from the startup, as well as media reports.

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☆ Elon Musk's brain-chip startup is preparing to implant the device in its first human. Here's how to apply.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Neuralink opened the application for its human trials in September. The company received approval to begin human trials from the US Food and Drug Administration in May. How to apply to Neuralink's human trialNot just anyone can apply. Neuralink's application for its human trials has three screener questions. Have you applied for Neuralink's human trial or do you have a tip?

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☆ Elon Musk says Neuralink can create the 'Luke Skywalker solution' amid claims over monkey deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The company has started recruiting for its first human trials after receiving FDA approval. Neuralink is facing claims that monkeys implanted with its chips suffered painful deaths. "When a Neuralink is combined with Optimus robot limbs, the Luke Skywalker solution can become real." When a Neuralink is combined with Optimus robot limbs, the Luke Skywalker solution can become real.https://t.co/Tr5Pa4Xfte — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 20, 2023Tesla's Optimus robot, meanwhile, was unveiled in a demonstration at its AI day last year. Musk's comments came as Neuralink faced fresh controversy over the deaths of macaque monkeys implanted with the company's brain chip.

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☆ Elon Musk's Neuralink is now recruiting people with serious disabilities like ALS to test if his brain chips are safe
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk's Neuralink is seeking candidates for its first human trials. Neuralink wants to test their brain chips on people with cervical spinal cord injuries or ALS. The company is under federal investigation for animal welfare abuses while conducting animal tests. At a company event last year, Musk said he would test Neuralink's brain chips on himself when human trials begin. AdvertisementAdvertisementNeuralink received approval from the Food and Drug Administration in May to embark on human trials.

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☆ Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant startup, set to begin human trials
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk’s controversial biotechnology startup Neuralink opened up recruitment for its first human clinical trial Tuesday, according to a company blog. After receiving approval from an independent review board, Neuralink is set to begin offering brain implants to paralysis patients as part of the PRIME Study, the company said. In May, Neuralink tweeted that it had received FDA clearance for human clinical trials, with the approval acknowledged by the agency in a statement. Musk has forecast human trials at the startup at least four times since 2019, yet the company didn’t seek FDA approval until 2022. Before Neuralink’s brain implants hit the broader market, they’ll need regulatory approval.

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