SANS FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has revealed new wireless technology, which he hopes will help people with severe neurological conditions, has been implanted into pigs. The Tesla and SpaceX founder showed off the technology during a demonstration from his startup Neuralink which appeared aimed at recruiting new staff. The entrepreneur showed off a prototype of the device, about the size of a large coin, which had been surgically placed inside several pigs shown in an enclosure behind him. He said of one pig: \u201cWe have a healthy and happy pig, initially shy but obviously high energy and, you know, kind of loving life, and she\u2019s had the implant for two months.\u201d He described the chip as \u201ca Fitbit in your skull with tiny wires\u201d. He said: \u201cThe neurons are like wiring, and you sort of need an electronic thing to solve an electronic problem.\u201d TLTP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SANS FRANCISCO: Elon Musk has revealed new wireless technology, which he hopes will help people with severe neurological conditions, has been implanted into pigs. The Tesla and SpaceX founder showed off the technology during a demonstration from his startup Neuralink which appeared aimed at recruiting new staff. The entrepreneur showed off a prototype of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-141369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"\n