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Mager: Precision reached human implants in two years versus Neuralink's eight
“So we did our first Patient implant within two years of founding, you know, took Neuralink eight years. It's taken other competitors even longer than that.”
Kantrowitz predicts dozens of Neuralink patients will receive implants in 2025
“I think 20, 25 is going to be the year of the brain computer interface. I think we could end up seeing dozens of Neuralink patients in 20, 25.”
Arbaugh: Neural interfaces are already writing to the brain through Blindsight
“I'm saying it's already happening. When you think of blind sight, that's exactly what they're doing. They're sending signals into the visual cortex and letting blind people see. Like, that is riding on the brain.”
Swisher: There are 10 companies working on brain tech like Neuralink
“Well, no, let me just tell you, there are 10 companies like Neuralink. He's not the only one.”
Newton: Some sensors inside first Neuralink patient's implant went dark
“Even when we were talking to Nolan, some of the sensors inside the Neuralink had sort of already gone dark.”
Neuralink Fixed Cursor Control by Registering Neuron Groups Over Single Spikes
“They figured it out on the software side. Instead of registering sort of like single neuron spikes, they were registering groups of neurons.”
Arbaugh: Only 15% of Neuralink Electrodes Remain in Place in His Brain
“So I don't know if with my threat of attraction, because I have, they said, 15% of the electrodes are still in place of my brain, plus or -10%.”
Arbaugh: Neuralink implant contains 64 threads and 1,024 electrodes
“There are 64 threads with 16 electrodes on each thread totaling a 1024 electrodes in all, and they are implanted in the part of my motor cortex specifically correlated to right hand movement because I did what's called an fMRI, a functional MRI, That showed my…”
Arbaugh: Motor cortex neurons still fire during attempted movement despite paralysis
“When I was able to see my neurons firing for the first time, it really made me kind of emotional thinking that You know, when I move my index finger, there are still, like, neuron spikes, neurons firing in my brain. It's really just my spinal cord”