What once seemed impossible is now within reach.
One had to sift out the noise in order to hear it, but during a town hall in Wisconsin last week, Elon Musk made a startling announcement. Neuralink, a technology company developed by the world-renowned brainiac, is forging ahead. “We’re hoping later this year to do our first device implant for humans,” Musk explained, “enabling someone who is completely blind to see.”
Known as Blindsight, this revolutionary technology involves a short medical procedure (approximately one hour) during which a doctor will use surgical robotics to implant a microelectrode array into the brain of a visually impaired patient. It won’t make for 20/20 eyesight, but it should provide low-resolution vision at first, according to Musk. “[B]ut then, over time, I think,…
