{"id":280793,"date":"2024-05-10T06:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T13:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=332147"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:31:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:31:55","slug":"the-first-neuralink-implant-is-having-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-first-neuralink-implant-is-having-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"The first Neuralink implant is having problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Neuralink<\/strong>, the startup founded by Elon Musk<\/strong>, has faced a setback in its quest to develop a revolutionary brain-computer interface<\/strong>. After the success of the brain implant in Noland Arbaugh<\/strong>, a quadriplegic patient<\/a>, the initial signs seemed promising. However, almost 4 months after Musk tweeted that Arbaugh’s recovery was favorable and the results were encouraging<\/a>, the company has reported several issues with the device.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The unique design of Neuralink, which includes a coin-sized disk with 64 flexible threads that extend through the brain tissue<\/strong>, seems to have contributed to the mechanical problems. According to the company, some of these threads did not stay in place<\/strong>, resulting in a decrease in the effective number of electrodes and therefore in the data transfer speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Neuralink blog post<\/a> does not specify how many threads were extracted or remained in place, but it points out that the retraction of brain threads should not have occurred<\/strong>. Although the company has not provided a detailed explanation of why or how this happened, it is speculated that the natural movement of the brain within the skull may have influenced it<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to the Utah array<\/strong>, an older device considered the cornerstone of brain-computer interface research since the 1980s, the Neuralink implant offers greater advantages, such as being wireless and having 1,024 electrodes<\/strong>. However, this incident has highlighted the complexity and challenges associated with the development of cutting-edge technologies in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Despite the incident, Neuralink managed to livestream a demonstration of its device on March 20, in which Arbaugh was seen using the implant to play chess just by thinking<\/strong>. Experts in the field point out that this setback is part of Neuralink’s learning process<\/strong>, and although it is a setback, it can also be an opportunity to improve and perfect its technology.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Neuralink, the startup founded by Elon Musk, has faced a setback in its quest to develop a revolutionary brain-computer interface. After the success of the brain implant in Noland Arbaugh, a quadriplegic patient, the initial signs seemed promising. However, almost 4 months after Musk tweeted that Arbaugh’s recovery was favorable and the results were encouraging, … Continue reading “The first Neuralink implant is having problems”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9256,"featured_media":280794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-280793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9256"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313260,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280793\/revisions\/313260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280793"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=280793"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=280793"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=280793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}