Neuralink full send... Elon's brain chips actually work on humans

a few months ago Elon Musk announced neuralink had implanted their first brain ship into a real life human but in the weeks that followed we heard nothing but crickets based on the prior testing results with monkeys doctors scientists and Elon haters all over the world feared the worst they assume the enlon likely exploded and patient zero did not survive finally yesterday we learned the truth the neurolink install was a success and the results are absolutely mind-blowing first ever user of the Nur link device and I think you're my only telekinetic friend that I have yeah I hope so it is March 21st 2024 and you're watching the code report this is Nolan arbau he's a 29-year-old who was paralyzed from the shoulder down in a diving accident that's not the best card to be dealt in life but over the last few weeks he's gained telekinetic like abilities that seem impossible at first glance like here he's controlling a mouse cursor to play games like chess and Civ 6 using nothing but his thoughts there's no eye tracking or sensors other than the chip in his brain in today's video we'll find out exactly how this crazy technology works and make some predictions about where things are going in the future but first I think Humanity owes this guy a huge amount of respect and appreciation the average person thinks they're brave for being an early adopter of the cybertruck but it takes real balls of stainless steel to order the foundation series neuralink what's crazy is that the chip itself is not installed by a human surgeon but rather a surgical robot after drilling a hole into your cranium it implants a bunch of tiny threads that are finer than a human hair it uses a tiny needle like a sewing machine to weave these threads into your brain each thread contains contains high density electrodes which are capable of detecting electrical activity also known as brain waves the N1 ship has 1,24 electrodes distributed across 64 threads which means you have 16 electrodes per thread to put that in perspective a typical Electro andram will have around 20 sensors and they typically max out around 256 electrodes in addition they're on the outside of your skull which means you're more likely to get interference before that signal reaches the electrode the only real Advantage is that you don't have to drill a hole into your skull the N1 trans mits data wirelessly and is powered by a small lithium ion battery and that battery is charged wirelessly from the outside via an inductive charger but the big question here is how is this guy actually moving a mouse with his thoughts well in order to understand that we need to learn a little bit about brain waves when you're asleep your brain emits low frequency delta waves around 2 Herz when you wake up and become a little more alert they increase their frequency to Alpha Waves at around 10 Herz and then finally when you become highly focused like when solving a coding problem or playing chess they become gamma waves at around 35 Herz and that's what we're most interested in measuring because we can recognize certain wave patterns just like a soundwave which can identify a distinct thought in your brain they didn't provide a ton of detail in the neuralink video but he might have a thought like move my right arm that creates a specific type of electrical signal in his brain the chip itself can then pick up on that which triggers an action to move the mouse to the right but that doesn't happen magically right after the surgery there's a brain computer interface where the end user needs to practice a bunch of movements because everybody's brain waves are different and it needs to learn which thoughts correspond to which movements now if you have working arms and legs you might not be all that excited but for many this technology could be life-changing especially when integrated with futuristic Technologies like today we have wheelchairs but in the Noto distant future they could be replaced by Mech suits that are entirely controlled by the person's brain I know that sounds crazy but the field of Robotics is also popping off right now figure one has incredible humanlike dexterity and Nvidia just announced their own humanoid world and it's only a matter of time before there's an apple robot Pro when brain chips and Robotics converge in the near future human disabilities may be far less restrictive and that's a big win for Humanity now brain chips do have their Skeptics for obvious reasons but luckily the data only flows one way you don't have to worry about getting KFC advertisements injected into your dreams and they won't be able to turn off important bodily functions if you don't pay your monthly subscription also they can't really identify highly complex thoughts which means there's no need to worry about being thrown in jail for wrong think while the NSA monitors your thoughts and most importantly there won't be an API for JavaScript developers to build apps on it now finally the good news is that you can be an early adopter as well clinical trials are open for the neuralink prime study where you can get your Founders Edition brain chip make sure to sign up with the link on screen full disclosure this video is not sponsored and I don't get paid if you don't survive the trial so come with me if you want to not die this has been the code report thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one

Channel: Fireship

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Keywords: webdev, app development, lesson, tutorial

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Length: 4min 26sec (266 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 21 2024