Elon Musk is reportedly looking at a potential investment deal between Neuralink and brain-computer startup Synchron that successfully implanted a chip into a severely paralyzed ALS patient in July. Four people who work or have worked at Neuralink told Reuters that Musk has expressed disappointment at the slow pace of progress on the company's brain implant device and recently approached the CEO of Synchron about a possible deal. Brooklyn-based Synchron made history when it implanted a 1.5-inch long brain-computer interface (BCI) called a Stentrode into a patient's brain without the need for cutting into their skull - by accessing the brain via blood vessels. In contrast, Neuralink's device, which is being tested on monkeys, requires surgery to make a small incision to implant it. Four people who work or have worked at Neuralink told Reuters that Musk has expressed disappointment at the slow pace of progress on the company's brain implant device, called the Link (seen above) Neuralink's device, which is being tested on monkeys, requires surgery to make a small incision to implant it, but Synchron's device does not require surgery.

Elon Musk-run brain-machine interface company Neuralink is preparing to launch clinical trials that will implant brain chips in humans. Elon Musk's brain-interface technology company Neuralink may start implanting microchips in human beings from 2022. Neuralink is preparing to launch clinical trials that will implant brain chips in humans. Cofounded by Elon Musk in 2016, Neuralink is working on a chip that would be implanted in our brains to record and stimulate brain activity. This chip is being created for medical applications such as treating serious spinal cord injuries and neurological disorders.

Elon Musk's Neuralink is set to host its annual'Show and Tell' event tonight at 9 pm ET that is expected to share a progress update on its brain-machine interface. The neuroscience startup shared a teaser for the event on its Twitter account, showing a short video that spelled out the message'please join us for a show and tell,' and some users speculate the world will see a person with Neurlink's chip type on a screen. The goal is to develop a full-implanted brain-computer interface (BCI) for people with paralysis, allowing them to operate computers and mobile devices using their thoughts. The first Show and Tell event, held in 2020, demonstrated the technology with a pig and last year, Musk revealed the update with a monkey that played a video game using only its mind. Neuralink will host its annual'Show and Tell' event tonight at 9 pm ET, which is expected to share the progress of the technology.

You've heard of Elon Musk. You've heard of animals dying. Now get ready to combine the two in today's godawful story: Animals maybe dying because of Elon Musk. Reuters reports that Musk's medical tech company Neuralink is currently being investigated by the U.S. government after potentially violating animal welfare laws. Animals are allegedly suffering and dying in Neuralink's labs on a greater scale than necessary due to Musk's push to hasten development -- and in many cases the deaths don't even provide valuable research data.

On Friday, Elon Musk's company Neuralink introduced the world to three pigs who seemed indistinguishable. Yet Gertrude, who was both shy and stubborn, had a secret: Two months prior, her brain had been implanted with Neuralink's newest version of a brain-computer interface, or BCI. She looked just like another pig with no such device and a third who had had a similar device in and then removed. As Gertrude walked around doing pig things, viewers saw a display of her real-time brain activity. "If the device is lasting in the pig, as it lasted in there for two months and going strong, then that's a good sign the device is robust for people," Musk said.