There is more and more happening around Neuralink. Looks like soon it will be almost impossible to keep track of how many users the company already has, who has what type of interface, where and at which clinic they were implanted, etc. That is why we are trying to record this information and present it in a clear form here.
Noland Arbaugh, the first user of Neuralink’s implant keeps breaking the brain-computer interface (BCI) performance record. The record value is given in bits per second, but what exactly does it mean in terms of neural interface speed? How do they measure BCI performance?
Three key engineers have recently left Neuralink – Jeremy Barenholz, vice president of product and technology, Sam Schmitz, neurosurgical robot consumables design & manufacturing lead, and Bliss Chapman, developer of algorithms for decoding brain signals. Here’s why they left.
Neuralink has announced the selection of another clinic to perform N1 Telepathy neural interface surgeries for the PRIME clinical trial. This is the second clinic to partner with the company in the US and the third overall.
The first implantation of the N1 interface in a human was the most important event of the year for Neuralink. The company also managed to implant a second neural interface, received approval for human trials in Canada and made significant progress with preparations for testing a vision prosthesis. Let’s recap 2024’s most important milestones and reflect on what 2025 might bring.
Neuralink began to look for additional candidates for its neural interface, and on this occasion, a new video about the first implantation was released. In it, Noland Arbaugh, the first user of the N1 interface, talks about his injury and the difficult life afterwards. Engineers who worked closely with him are also shown, capturing many amazing moments of this historic event.
SpaceX is preparing for the first Starhopper flight and two Falcon 9 launches, Musk’s secretive company Neuralink will make its first public announcement, and Tesla will announce its financial results for the record-breaking second quarter. All of this will be followed by Musk’s presentation about the Starship rocket, which has undergone many design changes in recent months.
