Elan Musk, Creator of Tesla, Space X, and owner of X, formally known as twitter, has been
taking years to develop his Neuralink device. Reports say these past weeks have shown great
success in using the Implant in the first human subject. While Neuralink has been in the works
for years now, people fear its capabilities are overpassing humanity’s normality.

But what exactly is the Neuralink? It’s essentially a small chip hinged with small wires at the
end of it. The casing holds together a battery the size of a coin. The implant is surgically
implanted through cutting a small circular hole in the skull of the subject and inserting the chip
into the brain. The thread inserted into your brain contains about 1024 electrodes and is
distributed across 64 threads.

“It’s different, I can’t say I’m excited but I’m very impressed,” said Md Bhuiyan (11)

The future of Neuralink seems very promising however, giving people the ability to
telepathically control almost any technological platform. It also can create more impactful
human abilities, using your brain. The implant uses the neurons in the brain to essentially give
disabled people the ability to move one’s limbs using the implant.

A few weeks ago, a test patient underwent a procedure through which a robotic arm integrated the
implant into the patient’s mind. The public has yet to see direct results of the surgery, and neither the
subject’s face nor name. While Elon hasn’t exactly given direct evidence of the patient, he has
exclaimed that the subject is well, and healthy, and currently recovering from the procedure.

“Initial results show promising neuron spike detection,” says Elon Musk

The way it works is unlike anything humankind has yet to truly experience. The public has yet
to know if possible negative side effects are an included result of the implant. But it seems like
this is truly the first device to be able to stimulate the human brain and use it to control
technology. Along with being able to carry out simple tasks such as searching for information
online or changing the channel on your tv. The results of the implant have shown to be able to
cure blindness the possibilities are endless.

The results for the Implant seem to have been mostly positive overall. The ability to generate nerve functions in
humans who otherwise wouldn’t be able to seem promising for the future of our generation. While installing the implant is
completely optional for the average human, it has the chance to become the next big thing everyone wants. It’s possible that
sooner or later everyone will have these in their head, but only time will tell.