Elon Musk announces the development of neurochips to restore vision to the blind

Elon Musk announces the development of neurochips to restore vision to the blind

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Elon Musk's company Neuralink plans to develop neurochips called Blindsight to restore vision for the blind, which have been successfully tested on monkeys and aim to eventually surpass normal human vision.

Elon Musk's company Neuralink, which tests neurochips to control gadgets with the power of thought, plans to develop a similar product for the blind so that they can see. The Independent writes about it, UNN reports .

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According to Musk, this project will be called Blindsight. The inventor said that the chips have already been successfully tested on blind monkeys, none of which "died or was seriously injured by the Neuralink device.

"Initially, the vision will be low, like in early Nintendo video game graphics, but eventually it can exceed normal human vision," he said.

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