While the brain implant has only been tested on monkeys and rats so far, Musk claims that it could ‘solve brain disorders of all kinds’ in humans. Electrodes on the threads would be used to detect electrical impulses in the brain, and even influence your behaviour, according to Neuralink. Finally, later versions could allow healthy people to boost their intelligence to ‘superhuman’ levels, according to Neuralink. (Image: Neuralink)While you might think that getting implanting the chip into the brain would require invasive surgery, Neuralink hopes that this won’t be the case. In fact, Neuralink claims that the brain chip could be implanted in a few hours without a visit to a hospital, in a process that it compares to Lasik eye surgery.

Source: Daily Mirror July 17, 2019 10:21 UTC