Neuralink’s Brain Implant Fail: Patient’s Risky Journey to “Luxury Overload” & Back to Safety
San Francisco, California – Neuralink, a startup founded by Elon Musk, encountered a setback when a brain implant malfunctioned in a human patient for the first time. The company’s innovative brain-computer interface technology aims to assist patients with paralysis by allowing them to control external devices using neural signals. The system, known as the Link, comprises 1,024 electrodes embedded in 64 ultra-thin “threads” within the brain. In a recent study, Neuralink successfully implanted the device …