Elon Musk reveals 'Neuralink' plans to Microchip implants into our Brains
Youtube Description: Elon Musk spoke about his new company, Neuralink, and the plans to implant computer chips into brains in the hopes of curing disease.
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What is Microchip Implant? A human microchip implant is typically an identifying integrated circuit device or RFID transponder encased in silicate glass. This is implanted in the body of a human being. This type of subdermal implant usually contains a unique ID number that can
be linked to information contained in an external database, such as personal identification, law enforcement, medical history, medications, allergies, and contact information.
Who is Elon Musk? Elon Musk (born 1971) is an engineer, industrial designer, technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder, CEO, CTO and chief designer of SpaceX; early investor, CEO and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; founder of The Boring Company;
co-founder of Neuralink; and co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI. Musk was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2018. In 2018, he was ranked 25th on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People, and was ranked joint-first on the Forbes list of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019. As of August 27, 2020, his net worth was estimated by Bloomberg's Billionaires Index at US$101 billion, making him the world's 4th centi-billionaire. Musk is the longest tenured CEO of any automotive manufacturer globally.
Who are Neuralink? Neuralink Corporation is an American neurotechnology company founded by Elon Musk and others, developing implantable brain-machine interfaces (BMIs). The company's headquarters are in San Francisco; it was started in 2016 and was first publicly
reported in March 2017. According to Bloomberg, since its founding, the company has hired several high-profile neuroscientists from various universities. By July 2019, it had received $158 million in funding (of which $100 million was from Musk) and was employing a staff of 90 employees. At that time, Neuralink announced that it was working on a "sewing machine-like" device capable of implanting very thin threads into the brain, and demonstrated a system that read information from a lab rat via 1,500 electrodes, anticipating to start experiments with humans in 2020.