Final week, Elon Musk made the daring assertion that sticking electrodes in individuals’s heads goes to result in an enormous enhance within the fee of information switch out of, and into, human brains.
The event of Musk’s publish was the announcement by Neuralink, his brain-computer interface firm, that it was formally searching for the primary volunteer to obtain an implant that comprises greater than twice the variety of electrodes than earlier variations to gather extra knowledge from extra nerve cells.
The entrepreneur talked about a long-term purpose of vastly growing “bandwidth” between individuals, or individuals and machines, by an element of 1,000 or extra. However what does he imply, and is it even attainable? Learn the complete story.
—Antonio Regalado
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Every little thing it is advisable to learn about synthetic wombs
Earlier this month, US Meals and Drug Administration advisors met to debate the right way to transfer analysis on synthetic wombs from animals into people.
These medical gadgets are designed to offer extraordinarily untimely infants a bit extra time to develop in a womb-like setting earlier than getting into the skin world. They’ve been examined with tons of of lambs (and a few piglets), however animal fashions can’t absolutely predict how the know-how will work for people.
