{"id":70853,"date":"2022-12-01T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T13:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=70853"},"modified":"2025-09-08T04:36:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T01:36:21","slug":"neuralink-to-test-brain-computer-interface-on-humans-within-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/neuralink-to-test-brain-computer-interface-on-humans-within-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Neuralink to test brain-computer interface on humans within six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Elon Musk, at the Show and Tell event, said that within the next six months Neuralink will launch clinical trials of the brain-computer interface (BCI) on humans.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neuralink Show and Tell, Fall 2022\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YreDYmXTYi4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to the entrepreneur, he himself would have such a device implanted in his brain in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Musk said the company had supplied most of the documents required by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for testing the system. Earlier he had forecast the start of human testing in 2020, and later in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Neuralink&#8217;s aim is to create a device that allows controlling a computer by thought. As early as 2019, the company announced the start of BCI testing on primates, and later \u2014 on pigs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink: what\u2019s science and what\u2019s not\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/400ryImgxgE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In 2021, Musk demonstrated how a monkey, with a brain-implanted neural interface, played ping-pong.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?19\" data-telegram-post=\"forklogAI\/51\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Now Neuralink demonstrated the ability for \u201ctelepathic text printing\u201d \u2014 the primate wrote \u201cWelcome to Show and Tell\u201d by thought. The device converted neural impulses into data for interpretation by a computer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Elon Musk Shows Latest Neuralink Demo of Monkey Typing with its Mind\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qatNpM3o74w?start=180&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The monkey tracked keys highlighted in yellow by developers on the screen. The implanted N1 chip recorded brain activity to control the cursor movements.<\/p>\n<p>Later, researchers showed a pig with a BCI on a treadmill. According to them, the experiment will help study approaches to address mobility problems in people.<\/p>\n<p>Neuralink&#8217;s highly invasive, compact neural interfaces feature several flexible microelectrodes that must be integrated into brain tissue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s like replacing part of your skull with smart watches, for lack of a better analogy,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to co-founder Dongjin Seo, a robotic system can implant 64 such \u201cthreads\u201d in 15 minutes. He also demonstrated the implantation process on a mannequin.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-142212-1024x571.png\" alt=\"Neuralink to test neural interface on humans in six months\" class=\"wp-image-192214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-142212-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-142212-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-142212-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-142212-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-142212-2048x1142.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Using a robotic surgeon for implant placement. Data: Neuralink.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The reason for employing a robotic surgeon lies in the \u201cminuteness\u201d of the microelectrodes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cImagine taking hairs from your head and inserting them into a jelly covered in packaging film, doing all of this with precision and depth, 64 times in a row, and in a reasonable time,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-135429-1024x573.png\" alt=\"Neuralink to test neural interface on humans in six months\" class=\"wp-image-192213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-135429-1024w.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-135429-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-135429-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2022-12-01-135429.png 1531w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Various stages of the neural interface implantation process. Data: Neuralink.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Musk, implantation will in the future be effectively an outpatient procedure. However, he also said it should be easy to update the system.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m fairly sure you wouldn\u2019t want to have iPhone 1 in your head when the iPhone 14 is available,\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, researchers are working on implants to restore sight and on devices that could restore mobility to patients with spinal cord injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in February, animal-rights groups accused Neuralink <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musks-neuralink-accused-of-cruel-treatment-of-animals\">of causing \u00absevere suffering\u00bb to primates<\/a>. In May, Elon Musk invited experts in smart watches and smartphones to join Neuralink to work on neural interfaces.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog\u2019s Telegram news: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\"> ForkLog AI<\/a> \u2014 all the news from the world of AI!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Elon Musk at the Show and Tell event said that Neuralink will launch clinical trials of the brain-computer interface on humans within the next six months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[438,1217,1341],"class_list":["post-70853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-elon-musk","tag-neuralink"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70853"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70855,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70853\/revisions\/70855"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}