Day 4175: Brain Chip and TBT.

 

    

"Target Zone": inks, acrylics, journal spread.

  

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Click here: Hall and Oates, Private Eyes.

 

  

 

 

2GN2S

 

Brain chips

 

 

 

Elon Musk's startup Neuralink has implanted a computer chip in a person's brain for the first time, he said in a post on his X platform on Monday. The embattled billionaire offered few details on the procedure, though he mentioned the operation took place on Sunday and the patient was recovering well. The company had previously received approval to study the safety and functionality of its chip implant and surgical tools to help people who have lost the use of their limbs. If the technology works, brain implants could one day benefit people who are otherwise unable to move or communicate and may have even wider-ranging applications for health.

 

NeuraLink was approved for human study in May 2023, and Musk himself has confirmed that he would receive an implant. However, the company has been repeatedly accused of violating the Animal Welfare Act. The brain chip implanted is a quarter-size chip implant that hosts dozens of tiny threadlike electrodes. These electrodes are surgically implanted into the human brain and, once a connection is established, can relay electrical signals from neurons. According to Reuters, the chip is placed in the region that controls the body's will and intention to move and do basic functions.

After Musk tweeted about the NeuraLink milestone, users on the social media platform were divided, with some praising the business mogul and others questioning the safety. 

Throwback Thursday

Demura Sensei, Moichitsuki, old Hombu Dojo,

December 2015

 

 

 

 

  

 

A really special 9  minute video, Migrants , here.

 I hope you;ll see this when time allows? No words.

 

  

Just because ...

 

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