Neuralink Is Developing Telepathy and Blindsight Implants - Root-Nation.com
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- © ROOT-NATION.com - Use of content is permitted with a backlink. Elon Musk has outlined Neuralink’s ambitious plans to develop brain implants that could help people with paralysis and severe visual impairments. The company is working on two devices: Telepathy, which enables users to control a computer with their thoughts, and Blindsight, designed to restore visual perception. Musk also suggests that further advances in the technology could eventually allow people to control their arms and legs again by restoring the connection between the brain and limbs. Neuralink’s first implant, called Telepathy, converts brain signals into commands for controlling external devices. This could allow people with severe paralysis to move a cursor on the screen, click interface elements, play video games, write code, and create digital drawings. As part of clinical trials, the company is also studying the possibility of controlling a robotic arm. Musk believes that, in the future, the technology could transmit information faster than traditional speech or typing on a keyboard. However, Telepathy’s potential is not limited to interacting with computers. A spinal cord injury can interrupt the transmission of signals between the brain and body, leaving a person unable to move even though the brain continues to generate the corresponding commands. Musk hopes that future brain-computer...
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Neuralink’s second device, Blindsight, is being developed for people with severe vision loss, including those who have been blind since birth.
