Elon Musk claims Neuralink is about ‘six months’ away from first human trial

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At a ‘show and tell’ event on Wednesday, Elon Musk said that his brain computer interface company, "Neuralink"

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could implant one of its devices in someone’s head within the next six months,  meaning it’s not happening this year in 2022. 

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He also claimed that he would get the device implanted in his own head at some point in the future.

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The company had submitted most of the paperwork needed for a human clinical trial to the Food and Drug Administration

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which regulates medical devices in the United State

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Previously, Musk had said that he’d hoped for human trials to begin in 2020, and then 2022. Now, that’s slipped to at least 2023.

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Neuralink’s goal is to create a device that can be implanted in the brain and use it to control a computer with brain activity.

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Back in 2019, Musk revealed that the company was testing its device in monkeys.

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