Elon Musk casually dropped that he has another Neuralink project in the works which he says will bestow sight upon people born blind — and the tech is already being tested on monkeys.
True to form, Musk announced the project’s official name, ‘Blindsight,’ while replying to users on his social site X, first in late January, then with fresh details Wednesday.
Musk claimed the tech will be lo-rez at first, ‘like early Nintendo graphics’ from the 1980s era of 8-bit
A Texas mother-of-three has passed away after traveling to Mexico to undergo a boob job and contracting meningitis — making her the ninth American victim in the outbreak of the fungal infection.
Crystal Villegas, 31, spent the last four months fighting for her life in a Texas hospital after contracting fungal meningitis, a rare infection that causes swelling around the brain and spinal cord.
She traveled to Riverside Clinic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas State, Mexico, located on the border with Texas,
A system that restores communication between the brain and spine has enabled a man paralyzed by a spinal cord injury to regain near natural walking ability.
Once the patient’s brain activity was decoded, the brain-spine interface took mere minutes to calibrate, after which the man reported natural-feeling control over movements. He still needs crutches but can easily navigate ramps and steps, surpassing gains from previous treatments, researchers report May 24 in Nature.
“The results are consistent with what I’d
Video emerged last week of a man getting the QR code from his Tesco Clubcard tattooed on his wrist, so he never missed out on a bargain again.
Dean Mayhew paid £200 to get his wrist permanently inked with the code at a tattoo parlour in Chessington, south-west London.
The 30-year-old had become tired of missing out on bargains by forgetting his clubcard so decided to make sure he had it on him at all times.
Video shows the tattooed
Three paraplegics have been able to walk, swim and cycle for the first time in years after being fitted with a revolutionary spinal cord implant.
The device, which works by stimulating the region of the spinal cord that activates the trunk and leg muscles, was so effective that the patients were all able to stand and walk just one day after it was activated, researchers said.
It is controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) software which reactivates neurons via a pacemaker
