On Thursday, the world’s richest person, Elon Musk, envisioned the results of bringing together his brain-computer interface technology company Neuralink with the Tesla bot manufactured by his EV company, Tesla Inc TSLA.
What Happened: “Neuralink plus Optimus has potential for incredible artificial limbs,” Musk wrote on X, formerly Twitter. The CEO responded to a fan who wondered what Neuralink could do for people needing bionic limbs.
“Could feel completely natural,” the individual had imagined.
Why It Matters: This is not the first time the CEO has contemplated the possibility of combining a Neuralink implant and a robotic arm or leg for an amputee. During the company’s second-quarter earnings call in July, Musk said that combining the two could provide a cyber body that is incredibly capable.
"I was just talking to the Neuralink team," Musk said while adding that there are 2 million amputees in the U.S. alone.
Later, in September, when Neuralink opened recruitment for its first-in-human clinical trial, Musk said that a Neuralink device has the potential to restore full body movement. “Imagine if Stephen Hawking had had this,” Musk wrote.
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