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U.S. lawmakers push for more oversight of Elon Musk’s Neuralink

9Dec

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U.S. lawmakers push for more oversight of Elon Musk’s Neuralink

[ad_1] The USDA's inspector general is investigating Neuralink for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths. U.S. House Representatives Earl Francis Blumenauer and Adam Schiff want further U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scrutiny of Elon Musk's Neuralink following a Reuters report that outlined mistakes in the brain chip company's animal testing program, their offices said on Thursday. Reuters reported on Monday that the USDA's inspector general is investigating Neuralink for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths. Blumenauer and Schiff, two Democrats who are member...

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Faces Animal Welfare Probe, Reuters Says

6Dec

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Faces Animal Welfare Probe, Reuters Says

[ad_1] Elon Musk’s brain implant company Neuralink Corp. is under federal investigation for allegedly violating the Animal Welfare Act. Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink Corp. is under federal investigation for allegedly violating the Animal Welfare Act amid staff complaints its animal testing is being rushed, Reuters reported. The probe was opened in recent months by the US Department of Agriculture's Inspector General at the request of a federal prosecutor, Reuters said, citing people familiar with the investigation and company operations. Musk has revealed ambitious plans for his startup, last week saying Neuralink is developing implants that can go into the spinal cord and potentially restore movement in someone suffering from paralysis, and an ocular implant meant to...

Brain implants in people! THAT is what Elon Musk is ready to test next

2Dec

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Brain implants in people! THAT is what Elon Musk is ready to test next

[ad_1] Tech billionaire Elon Musk said his Neuralink company is seeking permission to test its brain implant in people soon. Tech billionaire Elon Musk said his Neuralink company is seeking permission to test its brain implant in people soon. In a “show and tell” presentation livestreamed on Wednesday night, Musk said his team is in the process of asking US regulators to allow them to test the device. He said he thinks the company should be able to put the implant in a human brain as part of a clinical trial in about six months, though that timeline is far from certain. Musk's Neuralink is one of many groups working on linking brains to computers, efforts aimed at helping treat brain disorders, overcoming brain injuries and other applications. The field dates back to the 1960s...

Ex-President of Elon Musk’s Neuralink Has New Brain-Computer Startup

21Nov

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Ex-President of Elon Musk’s Neuralink Has New Brain-Computer Startup

[ad_1] With $160 million, Science Corp. is second only to Musk’s startup in total funding. At Elon Musk's Neuralink Corp., Max Hodak helped lead development of a computing device designed to be inserted into a person's brain. Now he has a competing startup with $160 million in funding that seeks to do something even more striking: manipulate the brain without any in-skull implants.Hodak's new company Science Corp. is working on a brain-computer interface that's in some ways similar to Neuralink's but using a physical science called photonics. The idea is to use light and the eye's optic nerve as a pathway into the brain, rather than implant chips deep within it. Scientists and companies have experimented with photonics for years in the hope of restoring patients' vision, but efforts t...