Neuralink, which attempts to implant chips in the brain, is ready for clinical trials in humans.
The company founded by Elon Musk together with businessman and engineer Max Hodak in 2016, promises to bring technology that “will allow someone with a paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using their fingers,” Musk said.
He even said last month that he was optimistic, but with reservations, that Neuralink technology could allow quadriplegics to walk.
The company has already successfully implanted the chips in two animals, a monkey and a pig.
Now, however, Neuralink is hiring a director for the first clinical trial to examine the application of the technology to humans.
“As director of clinical research, you will work closely with some of the most innovative physicians and leading engineers, as well as with the first participants in Neuralink clinical research,” the ad said in a statement released in California.
“We hope to have the technology in our first people next year, who will be people with serious spinal injuries such as quadriplegics, subject to FDA approval,” Musk told a Wall Street Journal conference.
“I think we have an opportunity with Neuralink to give full body function to someone who has a spinal cord injury. “Neuralink works well on monkeys and we just do a lot of testing and confirm that it is very safe and reliable, and that the Neuralink device can be removed safely,” Musk added.
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