Neuralink to Focus on Restoring Vision for the Blind, Files Prospectus Detailing Breakthrough BCI Applications

On January 11 (U.S. Eastern Time), Bloomberg reported that Neuralink’s brain-computer interface device had been implanted in a third patient. Company founder Elon Musk announced plans to perform approximately 20 to 30 additional implants in 2025.

When discussing Neuralink’s next steps in research,Elon Musk Revealed That the Company Will Focus on Helping the Visually Impaired. In the Future, Even Patients Who Have Completely Lost Their Eyes, Suffered Optic Nerve Damage, or Were Born Blind May Regain Their Sight Through Neuralink's Technology。This technology restores vision in patients by directly connecting the device to the brain’s visual cortex, bypassing damaged visual organs and directly stimulating the visual areas of the brain.

Furthermore, implanting devices at the rostral and caudal ends of the spinal cord injury site can bypass the damaged neural conduction pathways,Helping Paralyzed Patients Walk Again, which is entirely feasible from a physics perspective.In addition to addressing paralysis, Neuralink is also expected toTreatment of Severe Mental Illness. Musk believes that mental illness is essentially a repairable glitch in the brain, this biological computer, akin to a short-circuited circuit. With this technology, patients are expected to return to normal life.