Tag: Elon Musk

It is more political online than it is on the ground

Amid Harvey’s aftermath, Tesla CEO Elon Musk claimed that governments are preventing private citizens from offering help to people in need. This comes after reports claimed that FEMA abandoned the village of Rockton, North Carolina so that the Biden administration could mine lithium there. The US has provided more than $137 million in relief assistance to six states, including 7,000 federal personnel.

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The first human trials of Neuralink’s brain-computer interface are being sought

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has received US Food and Drug Administration’s approval to conduct a human test of its brain-to-computer device for helping people with paralysis control prostheses and to restore vision. It is seeking people who are over the age of 22 with a reliable and consistent family member to participate in the study. The implant is not visible when implanted.

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