The neurlink corp of Elon Musk used a brain implants to enable a monkey to see something, which was not physically there according to an engineer, as it moves towards its goal of helping blind people see.
The device, called the blindite, stimulated the stimulated areas of a monkey’s brain, a neurlink engineer Joseph O’Hhoharry at a conference on Friday. At least two-thirds time, the monkey took his eyes to something, some researchers trying to visualize the brain.
Results were previously promoted about neurlinks Blindy testingA brain chip that mimics an eye function. This is a closely seen range for the development of brain devices, a scientific area that is testing the boundaries of how technology can be used to treat potentially unmistakable conditions.
With all animal studies, this is an open question of how the results will apply to humans. The device has not been approved for human use in the US.
Short -term target of blind People have to help to see, and the long-term goal is to facilitate supernatural vision-as in Infrared-Mascion said. The billionaire said in March that the company has been testing blinds among monkeys for the last few years and this year is expecting to test it in a human.
On the occasion of the conference, O’Doherty refused to comment further about the work of the neurlink.
Neurlinks are also accusing equipment in those who are paralyzed that allow them to communicate directly with computers, one of the many companies in the growing technical field.
Musk has said that five people have received neurlink transplants so far. According to the presentation of O’Hhurty at the Neural Interface Conference, three were transplanted in 2024 and two in 2025. In some cases, patients are using their neurlink devices about 60 hours a week.
In the future, brain equipment using similar techniques can allow equipment tools Pangu to move or walkMusk has said. O’Doherty co-written a poster with academic researchers, presented at the conference, described an experiment that used a neurlink transplantation to stimulate a monkey spine, which transferred its muscles. Other researchers have been working on spinal stimulation to restore muscle speed over many years.
Musk’s medical aspirations are a step towards the goal of increasing the pace of human communication for all, allowing people to “reduce the risk of digital super-intelligence”, Musk said in 2024. He is his company Xai Corp. Is also building artificial intelligence through.
Finally, the company wants the blindsite system to include a pair of glasses to help work chip, O’Haherti said in its point.
Monkeys have advantages of testing. Visual cortex in a monkey is close to the surface of the brain than a human, making it easier to use, O’Hhurhti said in the presentation. He said that neurlinks can use their surgical robots to put their transplant into deep areas in a person’s brain.
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