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Billionaire Elon Musk has already received permission to test the Neuralink brain chip on humans. However, despite some safety concerns, he says the technology could be a solution for people with spinal injuries and people with ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
The main goal of the project is to make people who have lost the movement of their limbs move again with the help of software that will be controlled by brain impulses.
However, the company’s ambitions do not stop there: Musk also wants to help people who have lost other bodily functions, such as sight, speech or hearing.
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So he says he wants to expand the way people experience the world, and hopes the chip can also be useful for people who don’t suffer from health problems or disabilities.
“The primary goal of interfaces like Neuralink is to replace or restore useful functions for people with disabilities due to neuromuscular disorders such as ALS, cerebral palsy, stroke, or spinal cord injury,” explained the authors of the Brain-Computer Interfaces in medicine.” Jerry Shea, Dean Krusinski and Jonathan Volpow, reports the British tabloid Daily Star.
Neuroscientist Philip Sabes, who co-founded Neuralink with Musk, previously said the chip could improve mood and thus could be used to treat mental health problems such as depression.
But some members of the scientific community are concerned about the tests, as an investigation found that more than ten monkeys suffered chronic infections, paralysis, brain swelling and other horrific side effects after being implanted.
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