Elon Musk's Neuralink Has Implanted Its First Chip in a Human Brain

Billionaire technologist Elon Musk announced this week that his company Neuralink has implanted its brain-computer interface into a human for the first time.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant firm cleared for human trials

Neuralink said on Thursday that it received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first human clinical study of implants which are intended to let the brain interface directly with computers.

Will Elon Musk's Neuralink Shape the Future of Humanity?

The specific objective of Neuralink is to develop ultra-high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers. Practically, this materializes as a chip that is implanted into the brain.

Elon Musk says Neuralink will do brain implants 'within a year'

Elon Musk has a vision of linking human brains to computers in order to avoid our species from being outpaced by artificial intelligence – and this dream is set to become a reality.

Computer Learns To Play Go At Superhuman Levels 'Without Human Knowledge'

Researchers say they have constructed an AI program that can teach itself to play the ancient strategy game at a level far beyond humans.

Personalized Exoskeletons Are Making Strides Toward a Man-Machine Interface

By designing adaptable machines that learn on the fly, researchers hope to create exoskeleton systems that will help to move faster and farther.

Elon Musk's latest target: Brain-computer interfaces

Tech billionaire Elon Musk is announcing a new venture called Neuralink focused on linking brains to computers.

Ray Kurzweil: To Merge With Technology Is to Enhance Our Humanity

Technological shifts outpace our awareness of them. While we're busy with our day-to-day lives—getting a new smartphone or downloading the next updates—we often don't notice how these incremental changes shape our relationship with technology.

New Google Device Injected Into Eyeball :

According to a report at Forbes, Google recently filed a patent for an electronic device that would be injected directly into the user’s eyeball. As described in the patent filing, the “intra-ocular device” includes an electronic lens that is injected within a fluid which solidifies after application.

The Singularity and the Neural Code

Bionic convergence and psychic uploading won’t be possible unless we crack the neural code, science’s hardest problem.

The Top Technology Stories You'll Be Reading in 2016

For the past century, the price and performance of computing has been on an exponential curve. And as futurist Ray Kurzweil observed, once any technology becomes an information technology, its development follows the same curve, so we are seeing exponential advances in technologies such as sensors, networks, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

Digital Diagnosis: Intelligent Machines Do a Better Job Than Humans

Until now, medicine has been a prestigious and often extremely lucrative career choice. But in the near future, will we need as many doctors as we have now? Are we going to see significant medical unemployment in the coming decade?

AI Breakthroughs in 2015, the Singularity by 2030

The debate about preventing the Singularity; Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change; Proof that the Singularity will occur by 2030