Elon Musk’s tech startup aims to embed computer chip in brain for treatment

Billionaire businessman Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup Neuralink has been trying to read the human mind for the past few years. On Friday, the company showed the media a pig, which had a coin-shaped computer chip in its mind for two months. This is an initial step towards the treatment of disease occurring in humans. Through this, Musk is conducting a trial for the treatment of some brain diseases caused in humans.

Tesla Industry and SpaceX CEO Musk founded Neuralink in San Francisco in 2016. The company aims to set up a wireless computer in the brain of humans that will help humans fight and cure diseases like Alzheimer’s, dementia and spinal cord injuries.

There will be human trials from the end of this year

Referring to illnesses such as depression, memory loss and insomnia in a webcast held on Friday, Elon Musk said, “These problems can be solved through a device implanted in the brain.” Musk has not given any period of treatment for these diseases. However, he had earlier said that human trials would begin later this year.

Chip will be used on patients suffering from paralysis

The company’s chief surgeon, Dr. Matthew McDougall, said that the first clinical trial of Neuralink would be done on patients who suffer from paralysis. Neuro scientists who do not belong to the company have said that even though the company has made a lot of progress in this matter, there is a need to work on this subject for a long time.

He said that we are not trying to raise money. We are inspiring intelligent people to work with us. Neuralink has received $ 158 million in funding (over Rs. 11.5 billion). Of this, Musk gave 100 million dollars and the remaining 100 staff members gave the money. Musk, who periodically warned about artificial intelligence, said the most important achievement of the transplant was not limited to just medical work. Through this, we can expand artificial intelligence for ourselves.