Recently, Musk revealed at the Spaces event on the social platform X that the first human subject of the brain-computer interface company Neuralink has made significant progress and moved the mouse on the computer screen with the control of his mind. Currently, the company is trying to get patients to "press the mouse button as much as possible with their minds."
You know, "mind control" has always been only seen in science fiction films, and this time it has been reflected in reality without paying attention! Musk's new breakthrough in brain-computer connection has brought huge repercussions to the global scientific and technological community and even the medical community.
This also can't help but make people wonder, what is the vast "brain-computer interface" technology?
The so-called "brain-computer interface" technology is to implant a small chip into the human brain through surgery, which can "relay electricity" with the cells in the brain and establish a kind of "telepathy" with electronic devices.
In other words, with this chip, we can control any external device from the air, which is simply a blessing for lazy people, and at the same time can bring new hope to those disabled patients who have lost their limbs.
Prior to this, the world's first clinical trial of wireless minimally invasive implanted brain-computer interface designed and developed by the team of Professor Hong Bo of Tsinghua University School of Medicine was successfully implemented, helping a patient with quadriplegia for 14 years to drink water independently, which attracted strong attention.
However, unlike Musk's fully invasive brain-computer interface,The wireless minimally invasive implanted brain-computer interface NEO technology adopted by the Tsinghua team is to place electrodes on the epidural of the brain, without damaging the nerve tissue, and complete the input and output of signals through the coupling of the internal and external machines.
Of course, in terms of technical methods, there is no good or bad or high, and different paths can achieve the goal of brain-computer interface. With the continuous in-depth research and breakthroughs of scientific researchers, the era of brain-computer interface is accelerating!
According to the China Electronics Standardization Institute, it is expectedThe global brain-computer interface market will reach $3.7 billion by 2027. China has formed a whole industry chain of brain-computer interface covering the basic layer, technology layer and application layer, and among the A-share companies, Sanbo Brain, Innovative Medical, Oriental Zhongke and other stocks are involved in related businesses.
Author: Hong Xiaodou.