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Would a a Brain Chip Help?

Kachina624 — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:41:12 GMT

Elon Musk's company has implanted a chip in a human' brain. It will now undergo testing for about 6 years.

I think I could use one but am not sure I could wait that long.

Anyone else need a brain boost?

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deepwaterdotter — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:43:49 GMT

Will it help me when I feel like I'm losing my mind?

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Desertdi — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:47:42 GMT

@Kachina624

Definitely.....but I am not about to let Elon mess with my head. di

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On It — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:49:20 GMT

I think I will use what I have. I am not an early adopter of even simple technology. This could be helpful for some with medical issues.

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Suxela — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 20:51:41 GMT

Resounding NO!

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KingstonMom — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:07:43 GMT

This chip is intended and being tested to help people who have lost the use of their limbs.

FDA gave them permission for human testing.

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RoughDraft — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:16:09 GMT

@deepwaterdotter wrote:
Will it help me when I feel like I'm losing my mind?

@deepwaterdotter I'll let you know. I'm on the waiting list!

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SaveTheTurtles — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:19:07 GMT

Scary (Elon Musk) Cutting Edge technology (Holy Smokes). If it can help a person to live a better life and is safe then it's good. I can't even imagine what the insurance deductible would be on this procedure.

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cheriere — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:25:52 GMT

@KingstonMom wrote:
This chip is intended and being tested to help people who have lost the use of their limbs.

FDA gave them permission for human testing.

I really hope this works. There are countless people who could regain a much better quality of life. 🤞

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Sooner — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 21:29:03 GMT

@KingstonMom wrote:
This chip is intended and being tested to help people who have lost the use of their limbs.

FDA gave them permission for human testing.

@KingstonMom What a blessing that would be if it works!

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goldensrbest — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:40:50 GMT

Does it consist of numbers?

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ninjawife — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:53:05 GMT

@KingstonMom wrote:
This chip is intended and being tested to help people who have lost the use of their limbs.

FDA gave them permission for human testing.

The chip allows the implanted patient to control electronic devices just by thinking thus helping people who have lost motor control due to spinal cord injury or ALS.

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Carmie — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 02:06:59 GMT

At first, I was horrified to hear this, but after learning how it works, I think this is a miracle invention.

I watched a pig who was paralyzed stand up, walk and move it's legs.

How wonderful this will be for people who have brain and nerve damage and are paralyzed.

I saw the device was just implanted into a human being. It has a great future. I hope it works.

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GoneButNotForgotten — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 02:22:51 GMT

I don't know if it would work but I need all the help I can get

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ninjawife — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 02:36:07 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
At first, I was horrified to hear this, but after learning how it works, I think this is a miracle invention.

I watched a pig who was paralyzed stand up, walk and move it's legs.

How wonderful this will be for people who have brain and nerve damage and are paralyzed.

I saw the device was just implanted into a human being. It has a great future. I hope it works.

@Carmie It won't restore motor function to a person's limbs but it will allow them to operate electronic devices through their thoughts. For example typing an email on a computer or speaking through an augmentative communication device.

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Carmie — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:36:07 GMT

@ninjawife wrote:
@Carmie wrote:
At first, I was horrified to hear this, but after learning how it works, I think this is a miracle invention.

I watched a pig who was paralyzed stand up, walk and move it's legs.

How wonderful this will be for people who have brain and nerve damage and are paralyzed.

I saw the device was just implanted into a human being. It has a great future. I hope it works.
@Carmie It won't restore motor function to a person's limbs but it will allow them to operate electronic devices through their thoughts. For example typing an email on a computer or speaking through an augmentative communication device.

The article I read and the info I saw on TV shows that this type of implant does help paralyzed animals move their limbs again.

And, last year Swiss researchers combined AI and spine and brain implants to help a man paralyzed in a motorcycle accident walk again.

So, yes it does restore function to a person's limbs in addition to allowing them to operate electronics devices with their minds.

It looks real promising.

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Venezia — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 07:16:13 GMT

"Star Trek"...onto the Next Generation!

There was a wonderful documentary about all the things in "Star Trek" that were "futuristic" and have since become common items. Think the communicator device (= the modern cell phone) for one example.

When I read something like this, I think of Dr. McCoy "Bones", curing a person with kidney disease with a pill. Who knows what advances will be made?

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qualitygal — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 10:35:27 GMT

Some things would be wonderful for the people who need medical help. I'd wait to see more test results.

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MorningLover — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:32:03 GMT

June 9, 2023

USA Today: Elon Musk's Neuralink has FDA approval to put chips in humans' brains. Here's what's next.

What does the Neuralink brain chip actually do?

Neuralink's goal with its human trials is to eventually enable a person with paralysis to use a computer or phone with their brain activity alone.

The Neuralink 1 implant actually includes multiple chips, a wireless battery and other electronics hermetically sealed within a device about the size of a large coin.

Several dozen ultra-thin threads protrude from the implant; those go directly into the brain.

Signals from the implant are sent via Bluetooth to, and decoded by, a brain-computer interface (BCI), which would allow a person to, for instance, control an onscreen cursor or move a robotic limb.

Elon Musk shows the Neurakink disc implant in this video grab from an online presentation on August 28, 2020.

"The first thing that we're going after is a wireless implanted chip that would enable someone who is a … tetraplegic or quadriplegic to control a computer, or mouse, or their phone, or really any device … just by thinking."

"This obviously would be a massive enabler, make life way easier for them," Musk said via an online chat in 2021.

Beyond helping paralyzed patients regain some mobility and communicate without typing, Neuralink's longer-term goals include helping restore full mobility and sight.

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CalminHeart — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:35:10 GMT

I'd love a brain boost but I wouldn't go anywhere near something Elon Musk is behind.