Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk introduced pigs with computer chips in their brains in a webcast.
"It actually fits quite nicely under your skull. It could be under your hair and you wouldn't know," Musk said.
Viewers who saw the webcast met a pig named Gertrude. The animal had a chip implanted in her brain two months ago. Musk showed everyone a graph showing waves inside the pig's head, which worked when her brain communicated with her snout while eating.
"This is a healthy, happy pig," Musk said. "Indistinguishable from a normal pig."
The chip can read signals from all of the pig's limbs.
In the past, NeuraLink revealed a device that sat behind the ear, which was visible from the outside. However, the Link VO.9 would simplify the device.
The coin-sized device is expected to go into the skull and would replace a piece of skull.
"It's a lot more complicated than this, but a simplified version is it's kind of like a Fitbit in your brain with tiny wires," Musk said.
Link VO.9 would be able to connect to and communicate with a person's smartphone.
The company is currently working toward human trials, which needs to be approved by the FDA. If you want a chip in your brain, it would involve an out-patient procedure done without general anesthesia.
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