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Neuralink's founder Elon Musk showing the company's chip and electrodes responsible for mapping brain activity. Image: Neuralink livestream
Neural imaging software and hardware solutions developer Neuralink conducted an important livestream today where the company provided key updates about its products. The company uses a chip connected to polymer threads for monitoring activity inside the brain and for generating electrical impulses to mirror the actions of neurons. Today's event came more than a year after Neuralink's previous presentation, and at it, the company detailed the changes that it has made to its chip, the current status of animal trials and plans for human trials.