- Elon Musk says he's confident that Neuralink's chips will soon be inserted into human brains.
- Musk demonstrated the tech by showing a monkey typing after apparently being fitted with a chip.
Elon Musk says he's "confident" that brain chips developed by his neurotechnology company, Neuralink, will be ready for human trials within six months.
The company hosted$4 at Neuralink's headquarters in California on Wednesday. The "show-and-tell" event was originally scheduled for October 31 but Musk $4 it without providing a reason.
Taking to Twitter after the event, the billionaire $4: "We are now confident that the Neuralink device is ready for humans, so timing is a function of working through the FDA approval process."
Neuralink's brain chip, which is around the size of a coin, has tiny$4 embedded with electrodes that aim to monitor brain activity and electrically stimulate the brain. Neuralink aims to embed the chip into a person's skull with a robot the company is also developing.
At the event, Musk demonstrated the brain-computer interface technology by showing a video of a monkey apparently fitted with a Neuralink brain chip. The creature was said to be $4
Musk has grand ambitions for the technology when applied to humans.
At first, the brain-computer interface hopes to give those suffering from paralyzing conditions a way to communicate via their thoughts. In the future, Musk says the company plans to develop technology that could $4to someone with a severed spinal cord, for example.
Musk has set — and missed — multiple timelines for getting Neuralink's brain chips into humans.
In 2019, Musk $4 the company hoped to get a brain chip into a human patient by the end of 2020. In 2020, Musk $4 that human trials could begin within the year, he then made the $4 in early 2021.
Representatives for Neuralink did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside of normal working hours.