Let’s talk pacemakers. How do these devices work? Someone with a pacemaker has a small implant with leads into their heart that fires an electrical impulse that leads to the heart muscle to regulate heart function. Now imagine a similar device, but instead for your brain. Nueralink is a cutting-edge invention that may one day revolutionize the way we treat certain injuries. Nueralink is a chip that will have similar leads but instead of the heart, leads will go into targeted areas of the brain. The brain and a computer communicate and work together in that the implanted can communicate with a computer or AI and find use of their body parts or affected parts of their brain in doing so.
Elon Musk has proposed that this device will be able to, in the future, cure issues such as blindness, paralysis and autism. He has further advised he believes the device will be able to restore hearing and limb function. How might this device impact work related injuries? Specifically, catastrophic injuries. Could this device alleviate the need for long term physical therapy in some cases? Could the use of this device potentially mitigate damages should injuries be made reversible?
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