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What?
We've had implants that can control a mouse and even type on a keyboard for decades now...
Neurolink is just a less obvious interface, the gains are nowhere near worth the setbacks.
Regular science gets thing working then shrinks it down. Musk jumped straight to shrinking it down, and he just fucking can't get it to work.
I don't really know if we've had other companies that are crazy enough to pierce the blood brain barrier, just for a brain interface machine.
There have been plenty of brain interface machines, but most are just pieces of headgear that you wear. And they're just as useful as Musk's interface..... not very.
When you utilize a traditional mouse you are relying on both visual and proprioceptive data, which is interpreted in conjunction in real time by your brain. Without the proprioceptive sensation, your brain loses track of where the mouse is in the operational space. Meaning it takes a large amount of concentration to operate anything with just the aid of visualization.
The biggest problem is that they've essentially designed a meningitis machine. For my job we occasionally have to set skull pins for halo devices, basically a cervical immobilizing brace. These pins pierce the skin and are set into the bone of the skull, though we don't pierce through the skull or damage the blood brain barrier.
These pins are extremely susceptible to infection depending on the level of patient compliance. Because the scalp is not firmly attached to the skull it's is free to move against the pins and create a lot of skin irritation, which can lead to infections if not properly cleaned on a regular basis.
There's already a "ping cursor" system in operating systems, but most would probably just move it in circles real fast so they see it like everyone else who forgets where their mouse cursor is.
And the more permanent something like this is, the more issues you get. We should be moving to something as easy to put on as a hat, not something that requires brain surgery to update
It is never going to be as simple as putting on a hat. Hair really gets in the way of picking up brain signals and you're not going to get the sensors in the right place.
EEGs are about the most advanced thing we have for monitoring the brain from the outside of the body without climbing into a machine. That requires a technician using special conductive glue to hold sensors on the scalp and then wrapping it all in gauze to keep it all from coming off. It takes about 15 minutes to put them all on and after it's taken off, you really want a shower to wash the glue off your scalp.
I might say "never in our lifetimes" but not "never".
And these are for paralyzed people, I'm sure a non significant amount wouldn't mind shaving their head over brain surgery for a chip that will be obsolete in a decade. It wouldn't have to be one size fits all either, it would be custom fit to it's user.
A couple decades after that, maybe we'll have it for consumers