Elon Musk: Neuralink Has Bagged A Human Recruitment Permit For Brain Implants

Neuralink founder Elon Musk provided information regarding brain implants in the first human (photo: twitter @elonmusk)

JAKARTA - Neuralink founder Elon Musk said on Tuesday, September 19 that his company had obtained permission from an independent assessment board to recruit the first human test to carry out brain implants.

People who are allowed to take part in this recruitment are patients who are paralyzed. Those who suffer from paralysis due to cervical spinal cord injuries will most likely meet the research requirements.

Quoted from Reuters, Musk did not provide information about the number of participants received for this study. The information obtained was only a trial that took quite a long time, namely up to six years.

After obtaining participants for research, Neuralink will use a robot to install brain-computer implantinterface (BCI) in the brain that functions to control the desire to move.

Neuralink stated that the initial goal of this trial was to make research participants able to control computer exchanges or keyboards using their minds.

Elon Musk himself has big ambitions by establishing Neuralink. He also said that Neuralink would facilitate the rapid installation of chip devices in treating patients with obesity, autism, depression, andsettle conditions.

Although later the device used by Neuralink, namely BCI, is proven safe, the company will take a long time to receive a commercial use permit.