Neuralink's Rival Tests Brain Chip in Race to Bring Implants to Market | WSJ

Published 2024-03-21
Elon Musk’s Neuralink recently implanted a chip in a human for the first time. The emerging market of brain computer interfaces, or BCIs, is in the process of finding its footing. In a world where AI is on the rise, BCIs allow for telepathic control of computers and wireless operation of prosthetics. But how does this tech work?

WSJ goes inside a brain surgery to see how the implants work, and breaks down what it’s going to take to get these devices on the market.

Chapters:
0:00 Musk’s Neuralink
0:41 The market
3:03 Synchron
3:57 Precision
5:16 What’s next?

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All Comments (21)
  • @mal7916
    2024: Pop up appears on your phone 3024: Car insurance ad streams directly to your neurons. No close button.
  • @CindyMurphyPDX
    This technology is very exciting. My late husband had MS. He had a device implanted into his brain at the Cleveland Clinic in the late 90s. I wish this technology had been available for him.
  • @twijayamail
    The beginning of companies to charge you subscription fee for everytime you move your body
  • It would have been interesting if the WSJ had also addressed what could go wrong during the procedure of inserting such a device in the brain.
  • @TonyJ1776
    This technology is both SCARY and EXCITING. The potential to help people with disabilities including hearing and blindness. Yet the introduction of AI is tremendously troubling. Check William Gibsons novels from the 80s in the cyberpunk genre. Prophetic.
  • @thesadboxman
    2 questions: 1. What is the difference in sensitivity between the different solutions? I'm guessing that the more invasive it is, the more sensitive it is. Is that actually the case? 2. If the guess is true, then wouldn't it mean that eventually we will need an invasive solution because detection of brain signals can only go so far when you are outside the brain matter?
  • @AAAAAA-tj1nq
    i wouldnt want a foreign object inside my body if im healthy and normal
  • @Slinky_Spine
    It's all fun and games until someone hacks the device.
  • @justlooking4202
    That "Neuralink Rival" is actually a company part owned by Blackrock. No wonder the media is promoting that company over Neuralink
  • @anirudhnarla4711
    I mean i havent lost my hands but i would definitely want to remote control a computer or electronic device with my mind
  • @kairi4640
    5:04 sounds dystopian as heck. 😂 6:04 nvm, found the more dystopian concept: always being happy.
  • @Mirokuofnite
    You best start believing in cyberpunk dystopias. You're in one.
  • @josher887
    Do they intend to do a more centralized and direct version of VNS (you guys should do a video on that too) [I waited 3 years for VNS for mood disorder approval but by that time I didn’t need it]😊 6:09