Elon Musk's Neuralink finds a brain-computer interface device captured less data a month after implant surgery.
Neuralink's brain-computer interface device has encountered issues since it was implanted in its first human subject, according to the company owned by Elon Musk.Some of the device's electrode-studded threads started retracting from the brain tissue of quadriplegic Noland Arbaugh about a month after it was surgically implanted in late January, causing it to transmit less data, Neuralink wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.
Neuralink made up for the malfunction with multiple software fixes, resulting in a 'rapid and sustained improvement in BPS, that has now superseded Noland's initial performance,' the company said.The company is now focused on improving text entry for the device and cursor control, which it hopes in the future to broaden its use to include robotic arms and wheelchairs. Neuralink in September said it had received approval from U.S.
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