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Neurostartup Precision Neuroscience implanted 4096 electrodes into the human brain, which is twice as many as the previous one a record of 2048 electrodes set in 2023. Interestingly, the company is headed by ex-Neuralink engineer Elon Musk, which only recently began human trials.
The Precision Neuroscience test was conducted at Mount Sinai in New York as part of a major brain surgery. In April, the patient had the tumor removed, and after the surgeons, the Precision team got to work, temporarily implanting the man with four arrays of the Layer 7 Cortical Interface system, each of which contained 1024 electrodes (a record 4096 in total).
During contact with the patient's brain, the electrodes recorded a huge amount of information from an area of the brain with an area of 8 square meters. cm – known as the motor-sensory boundary. The company says this data is key to creating technology that can read and understand user intent.
Unlike Neuralink, Precision Neuroscience designed its implants to be non-invasive—microelectrodes contact but do not penetrate brain tissue. Elon Musk's Neuralink has instead developed an interface that extends flexible wires a few millimeters into the brain, risking minor damage. Already during the first test, it was reported that some of them were disconnected from the patient's brain.
Neuroscience CEO Ben Rapoport was a co-founder of Neuralink and left Musk's company due to security concerns.
In general, the main goal of all BCI (brain-computer interface) developers is to create a viable tool that can transform the thoughts of patients with degenerative diseases into cursor movements on the screen – to partially restore their ability to communicate, or to allow people with spinal injuries to work at the computer.
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The Layer 7 interface is designed to be implanted through a small incision, whereas the Neurlink surgical robot requires a much larger opening. Precision Neuroscience also claims that its BCI arrays can be detached from the brain if necessary without causing harm.
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