Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Ogg
From : DaiTengu
Date : Sun Sep 06 2020 19:11:51

  Re: Re: Neuralink
  By: Ogg to DaiTengu on Sun Sep 06 2020 03:37 pm

 Og> Dai> nuralink thing has been done for quite awhile, it's just
 Og> Dai> that Musk now has a way to implant wires a bit easier.

 Og> What exactly has "been done"?

 Og> https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/28/elon-musk-demonstrates-brain-computer-tech
 Og> -neuralink-in-live-pigs.html 

 Og> Seems like all he was able to do was attach some kind of receiver to
 Og> monitor brain activity in pigs. Will we ever know what the pigs think
 Og> about that? <G> 

 wiring up an animal to a computer has been done before.  Scientists are also able to insert tiny wires into insects and control them, too!

 Og> Then the article just talks about "potential" for other things. I would be
 Og> more interested in the success/failure rate management of infections or
 Og> the body's rejection of those things.

 I'm also curious about that. Supposedly the "Neuralink" thing reduces those complications by a large amount.

DaiTengu

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