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Source: Huanqiu.com

[Global Network Technology Comprehensive Report] On August 5, according to Reuters, Neuralink founder Elon Musk revealed that the company has successfully implanted its advanced medical device in a second patient.

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Neuralink's device has achieved remarkable results in the first patient, enabling the patient to play video games, browse the internet, post on social media, and move the cursor on a laptop. In an eight-hour podcast late Friday, Musk shared the latest progress on the second patient. He revealed that the second patient had a spinal cord injury similar to the first patient, and the 400 implanted electrodes in his brain are currently working properly. Although Neuralink's implant uses up to 1,024 electrodes, the device has shown excellent results even if only some of the electrodes work.

"I don't want to overstate the case, but the second implant is working really well," Musk told the podcast host. "There's a lot of signal, a lot of electrodes are working properly, and the results are satisfactory."

Although Musk did not disclose a specific timeline for the surgery on the second patient, he expects Neuralink to provide implants to eight more patients as part of clinical trials this year.

The first patient to receive the implant, Noland Albo, was also interviewed on the show. He shared his experience, saying that before the surgery, he had to tap the tablet screen with a stick in his mouth to operate the computer. After the surgery, he only needed to think about what was displayed on the computer screen, and the device would help him operate. This gave him a certain degree of independence and reduced his dependence on caregivers.

Albo initially encountered some problems after the surgery, and the thin wires of the implant retracted, causing a sharp decrease in the number of electrodes that could measure brain signals. But Neuralink improved the sensitivity of the device by modifying the algorithm and other measures, and successfully restored the ability to monitor Albo's brain signals. Musk said on the show that Albo had broken the previous world record and could control the cursor with his mind alone, and only about 10% to 15% of the electrodes were working at the time.