How Elon Musk could make the Matrix a reality: Researchers reveal how his new firm could build a 'brain chip'
Computers and brains already talk to each other daily in high-tech labs – and they do it better and better.
For example, disabled people can now learn to govern robotic limbs by the sheer power of their mind.
The
hope is that we may one day be able to operate spaceships with our
thoughts, upload our brains to computers and, ultimately, create
cyborgs.
Now Elon Musk is joining the race.
The
CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has acquired Neuralink, a company aiming to
establish a direct link between the mind and the computer.
Musk has already shown how expensive space technology can be run as a private enterprise.
But just how feasible is his latest endeavour?
Neurotechnology
was born in the 1970s when Jaques Vidal proposed that
electroencephalography (EEG), which tracks and records brain-wave
patterns via sensors placed on the scalp (electrodes), could be used to
create systems that allow people to control external devices directly
with their mind.
The idea was to use computer algorithms to transform the recorded EEG signals into commands.
Since then, interest in the idea has been growing rapidly.
Indeed,
these 'brain-computer interfaces' have driven a revolution in the area
of assistive technologies – letting people with quadriplegia feed
themselves and even walk again.
In the
past few years, major investments in brain research from the US (the
BRAIN initiative) and the EU (the Human Brain project) have further
advanced research on them.
This has
pushed applications of this technology into the area of 'human
augmentation' – using the technology to improve our cognition and other
abilities
WAKE UP!!
ALERT!!! NUERALINK'S FUTURE
Neuralink
was registered in California as a 'medical research' company last July,
and he plans on funding the company mostly by himself, a person briefed
on the plans told the Wall Street Journal.
It
is unclear what sorts of products Neuralink might create, but people
who have had discussions with the company describe a strategy similar to
space launch company SpaceX and Tesla, the Journal report said.
In recent weeks, Neuralink has also hired leading academics in the field, the Journal reported
Musk previously hinted at the plans online.
The
astonishing revelation came in response to a tweet, asking Musk if he
was working on 'neural lace' – a way of installing computers into the
human brain.
It is not known what the
brain chip could be used for, but Musk has previously said that it will
be the 'thing that really matters for humanity to achieve symbiosis with
machines.'
The neural lace could initially be used to study the brain mechanisms and treat disorders such as epilepsy or major depression.
South Africa : The weather is weird !?
Throughout the country , a profound sweeping glance that South Africa is in its lowest rainfall ever..
Dying cattle, dying people, all starving with no outcome, but in the Free State..
Say isn't this where Monsanto has made their first Debut??
Its Murder all round, the weather is manipulated, proof that weather manipulation is quite possible.
Am I pointing fingers at Monsanto? You be the Judge
The global corporate Giant Killer GMO is lurking, quietly modifying the weather , feeding people lots of money to do what they want them to do, After all money makes people do many things. http://afasa.za.org/wp/?page_id=2
Maybe Monsanto is Fixing it??
Limpopo
South Africa recorded the driest year in over a century
In 2015, South Africa experienced its driest year in over 100 years, with rainfall below the mean in each of the last four years.
This is according to the South African weather service, which compiled a dataset detailing the average rainfall…
Yes, the US Government Has Experimented With Controlling Hurricanes
and now Chemtrails are weather related? NASA Admit Spraying Poisonous Chemtrails – NASA have admitted
to spraying lethal chemtrails into our atmosphere – saying that lithium
being sprayed into the Earths ionosphere helps to treat people with
manic depression or bi-polar disorder.
NASA personnel have come forward saying that lithium, along with
other potentially harmful chemicals, are intentionally sprayed into our
environment regularly. Wakingtimes.com reports: NASA Confesses to Dosing Americans with Air-borne Lithium & Other Chemicals
referral article: http://www.sustainme.co.za/blog/category/chemtrails
referral article: https://www.environment.co.za/poisoning-carcinogens-heavy-metals-mining/nasa-admit-spraying-poisonous-chemtrails.html
Daily Maverick ref article : South Africans have been bombarded with revelations of how the state has
been hijacked to amass wealth for a connected power elite involving
President Jacob Zuma and the Gupta family.
An academic research
partnership has consolidated all available information into a
frightening compendium on state capture, mapping the deals, the key
players and the modus operandi for commandeering control of state
institutions and parastatals. Their report shows why it is necessary for
a judicial inquiry and criminal prosecution for corruption, fraud,
money laundering, racketeering and, possibly, treason. It also shows the
danger of key enablers such as Zuma, Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba and
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe remaining in their posts
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