Elon Musk has successfully implanted his Neuralink, which sends electronic signals to increase brain activity, into a pig’s brain.
Musk is a South-African born American entrepreneur who founded Tesla, SpaceX, and co-founded PayPal. His newest project, called Neuralink, is still in the testing phase.
Gertrude the pig can be seen in the demonstration responding to prompts through the link. Throughout the demonstration, Musk shows the pig’s brain activity on the screen increasing when commands are sent through the computer.
Uses for the Technology
This technology communicates with brain cells via a Bluetooth link to an outside computer. The project’s stated goal is to use this to help with diseases such as Parkinson’s, brain and spinal cord injuries, congenital defects, and paraplegia or quadriplegia.
“If you can sense what people want to do with their limbs, you can do a second implant where the spinal injury occurred and create a neural shunt. I’m confident in the long term it’ll be possible to restore somebody’s full body motion,” Musk stated.
Musk’s Recent Activity
Elon Musk has made headlines many times in the past few months.
Due to the ongoing riots and coronavirus lockdown, Musk has announced that his Tesla factories may be moving from California to Texas. This move came after he violated California’s lockdown orders to reopen his factory, despite warnings from the government.
“Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask that it only be me,” the Tesla CEO tweeted.
Musk also sued the county due to the mandatory shutdown. He has tweeted several times about the order, referring to it as “fascist” and calling to reopen America.
This week, Musk’s net worth rose above $100 billion, as Tesla’s stock continues to surge.
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