The same brain implant developed by Neuralink, owned by Elon Musk, would enable people to converse with machines using their thoughts.
The US-based brain interface startup Synchron is developing technology to revolutionise everyday life for people with paralysis. Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, the co-founders of Microsoft, have funded Synchron.
The business, which in December revealed a $75 million financing round that included funding from the investment firms of Gates and Bezos. He is one of the newest businesses developing technology in the field of brain-computer interfaces, according to news. Patients can control technology like cursors also smart house appliances with its Synchron Switch by using only their minds. According to the report, the experimental technology has been try on three patients in the US and four in Australia. It is implant through blood vessels.
According to Synchron CEO Tom Oxley, “I’ve seen moments between patient also partner, or patient and spouse. Where it’s extremely joyful and empowering to have regain an ability to be a little bit more independent than before. Thanks to it, they can interact in ways that we take for granted.
With this, Elon Musk, the tech billionaire and creator of Neuralink, has introduced Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos to the expanding brain-computer interface (BCI) market.
It’s interesting that Musk also revealed last year that Neuralink was developing a brain implant enabling people to converse with machines by thinking about them.
Musk continued, “We believe we should be able to have our first Neuralink in a human in about six months. We’ve probably submitted most of our paperwork to the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration). “We’ve been put a lot of effort into getting ready for our first human implant, and obviously. We want to be extremely cautious also certain that it will work well before put a device in a human.