Elon Musk to Demo Neuralink Device on Friday

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By now, you should have heard of Elon Musk’s ultra-secretive Neuralink venture, which aims to implant devices into people’s brains so they can become JC Denton or Adam Jensen from Deus Ex. The idea sounds scary, not to mention nigh-on impossible, but Musk says that he’s going to show off a “working” prototype this Friday.



The demonstration will include an appearance by Neuralink’s special robot, which is responsible for installing the device into the brain by threading it like a sewing machine (again, scary-sounding stuff here). Musk claims that the process could be as simple as LASIK surgery in a few years.



“We have built arrays of small and flexible electrode ‘threads,’ with as many as 3,072 electrodes per array distributed across 96 threads,” Neuralink wrote in its...

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[LeRoy_Blanchard]

I've seen this movie.

 

[xGryfter]

I'm sorry but this is not the year to be testing/demoing nuro ****ing anything!

 

[ThreeDee]

The Zombie Apocalypse will be caused by malware ..

 

[Nanobot]

When I saw Johnny Neumonic years ago, I had no idea I was watching a documentary from the future.

 

[Burticus]

For those that haven't seen it.... it's about a brain device that can record and playback memories. On Minidisc!

 

[Burticus]

When I saw Johnny Neumonic years ago, I had no idea I was watching a documentary from the future.

I totally get that reference. I forgot all about pre-Neo