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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has launched the second round of recruitment for the brain-computer chip developed by his neuroscience startup Neuralink to be implanted in the brain.
According to reports from CNN on the 19th local time, Musk announced on his X Twitter account on the 17th, “Neuralink is recruiting the second participant.”
He wrote, “This is a telepathic cybernetic brain implant that allows you to control your mobile phone and computer with your thoughts.”
Neuralink also wrote, “If you suffer from limb paralysis and are looking for a new way to control a computer, we invite you to participate in our clinical trial.”
They explained, “We are accepting applications from patients with limited or no hand use due to cervical spinal cord injuries or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).”
The recruitment of the second clinical trial participant comes five months after the chip was implanted in the brain of the first human test subject, quadriplegic patient Roland Arbo.
Developing a technology that implants a brain-computer interface (BCI) device in the brain to allow people with physical disabilities to control various devices, Neuralink performed surgery to implant BCI in a human brain for the first time at the end of January.
In March, Arbo, a quadriplegic patient, was live-streamed playing online chess by manipulating the mouse cursor on the laptop screen while sitting in a wheelchair without moving his hands and feet after receiving the computer chip developed by Neuralink.
Having been paralyzed from the shoulders down in a diving accident in 2016, Arbo was able to control the cursor with his thoughts after receiving the computer chip developed by Neuralink.
On the 8th, a problem occurred where part of the wire connecting the implanted chip to the brain came out a few weeks later, reducing the amount of data that could be collected from the brain.
Neuralink has reportedly solved this issue.
During an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that aired that day, Arbo said, “I had nothing to do in the morning, but this has made a big change.” He said, “This is taking the next step in helping paralyzed patients.”