Elon Musk and top-level scientists from his neuroscience startup Neuralink Corp., who are developing a next-generation brain-computer interface, unveiled what they billed as a significant advance toward a therapeutic device Tuesday night. Among the most important tests: showing they can monitor brain activity and then decode it, meaning they can correlate certain patterns of activity to actions, such as movement, vision or speech. The company didn’t specify what behavioral experiments were performed or how reliably they were able to translate brain activity into smooth, well-controlled movement. 2 Neural signals A robot helps scientists place tiny electrodes that can read brain activity in rodents. Photo: NEURALINKBecause of Mr. Musk, Neuralink has perhaps the highest profile among startups developing brain-computer interface technology.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 17, 2019 03:45 UTC