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Kampuni hiyo imetangaza kuwa iko tayari kuanza majaribio lakini imekosa Watu ambao watawekewa kifaa maalumu ambacho kina uwezo kuamsha tena Viungo au Uwezo wa Binadamu kufanya kazi ikiwemo kurejesha uwezo wa kuona waliopata Upofu na uwezo wa kutembea kwa waliopata tatizo la Kiharusi.
Awali, #Neuralink ilikuwa na matumaini ya kupata kibali cha kupandikiza kifaa chake kwa Wagonjwa 10, lakini Mamlaka ya Chakula na Dawa (FDA) ilipunguza idadi hiyo baada ya kuibua wasiwasi kuhusu Usalama wa Kifaa na majaribio hayo kwa Binadamu.
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa, upandikizaji unahusisha kufunguliwa Fuvu la Kichwa na kuunganishwa 'Kiolesura' cha Kompyuta (Brain-computer interfaces) kinachofanya kazi sawa au zaidi ya Ubongo wa Binadamu. Hata hivyo, katika majaribio ya awali, yalisababisha vifo kwa Wanyama 1,500 wakiwemo Nyani, Panya na Nguruwe.
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Elon Musk’s chip implant company Neuralink is looking for its first volunteer who is willing to have a piece of their skull removed so that a robotic surgeon can insert thin wires and electrodes into their brain.
The ideal candidate will be a quadriplegic under the age of 40 who will also for a procedure that involves implanting a chip, which has 1,000 electrodes, into their brain, the company told Bloomberg News.
The interface would enable computer functions to be performed using only thoughts via a “think-and-click” mechanism.
After a surgeon removes a part of the a skull, a 7-foot-tall robot, dubbed “R1,” equipped with cameras, sensors and a needle will push 64 threads into the brain while doing its best to avoid blood vessels, Bloomberg reported.
Each thread, which is around 1/14th the diameter of a strand of human hair, is lined with 16 electrodes that are programmed to gather data about the brain.
The task is assigned to robots since human surgeons would likely not be able to weave the threads into the brain with the precision required to avoid damaging vital tissue.
The electrodes are designed to record neural activity related to movement intention. These neural signals are then decoded by Neuralink computers.
R1 has already performed hundreds of experimental surgeries on pigs, sheep, and monkeys. Animal rights groups have been critical of Neuralink for alleged abuses.
“The last two years have been all about focus on building a human-ready product,” Neuralink co-founder DJ Seo told Bloomberg News.
“It’s time to help an actual human being.”
It is unclear if Neuralink plans to pay the volunteers.
The Post has sought comment from the company.
Those with paralysis due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may qualify for the study, but the company did not reveal how many participants would be enrolled in the trial, which will take about six years to complete.
Since 2018, Neuralink has killed roughly 1,500 animals in the process of trying to connect brains to computer interfaces, according to company records reviewed by Reuters. In the wake of that work, the company began actively recruiting for its first human trials in late September, after receiving FDA approval.
Many of the animals Neuralink killed were larger mammals with brains closer in size and likeness to those of humans, such as monkeys and pigs. And the details of their deaths are documented in vivid detail, to put it mildly.
Records from UC Davis’ California National Primate Research Center, first obtained by Wired, reveal that several monkeys who received Neuralink brain chip implants suffered immensely post-surgery. One such monkey, “Animal 20,” scratched at the chip insertion site until it became bloody, then pulled at wires connected to the implant until part of the device came out of its head. Neuralink eventually euthanized the monkey.
Another female monkey, “Animal 15,” began losing coordination after its brain implant surgery, and would shake uncontrollably whenever it saw lab workers. The animal's condition worsened until, months later, it too was killed by Neuralink employees. An autopsy later revealed the monkey had suffered immense bleeding in the brain, and that the Neuralink surgery had left parts of its brain in tatters.
Musk had denied that any monkeys ever died as a result of a Neuralink implant. But within days of Neuralink announcing its first human trials, a national group of physicians sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), begging the federal regulator to investigate Musk for securities fraud on the grounds that the entrepreneur is misleading investors about the violent toll taken by Neuralink surgeries.
The group—the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine—has urged Neuralink to halt all animal and human experiments and instead focus on non-invasive brain-computer interfaces. Such devices, most of which are still in development, typically utilize electrode sensors placed close to the head to communicate with the brain without risking pain or harm.
Their insistence appears to have done little to dissuade Neuralink. The company is still actively recruiting an undisclosed number of Americans with quadriplegia or ALS to receive a brain implant in the coming months.
NEW YORK POST/DECRYPT
