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Neuralink looks to the public to solve a seemingly impossible problem (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Elon Musk's quest to wirelessly connect human brains with machines has run into a seemingly impossible obstacle, experts say. The company is now asking the public for help finding a solution.

Musk's startup Neuralink, which is in the early stages of testing in human subjects, is pitched as a brain implant that will let people control computers and other devices using their thoughts. Some of Musk's predictions for the technology include letting paralyzed people "walk again and use their arms normally."

Turning brain signals into computer inputs means transmitting a lot of data very quickly. A problem for Neuralink is that the implant generates about 200 times more brain data per second than it can currently wirelessly transmit. Now, the company is seeking a new algorithm that can transmit this data in a smaller package — a process called compression — through a public challenge.

As a barebones web page announcing the Neuralink Compression Challenge posted on Thursday explains, "[greater than] 200x compression is needed." The winning solution must also run in real time, and at low power.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That isn't at all their problem their problem is scar tissue buildup that they haven't even bothered addressing. Wtf are they doing talking about data compression when they can't even maintain connection.

[–] Cocodapuf 10 points 5 months ago

You really think they only have one problem to solve? If that were the case this would be relatively easy.

[–] BarbecueCowboy 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There were rumors of that and a lot of other complications in the animal trials. I don't think we ever got proof, but a lot of irregularities that were explained away. Could be a lot more problems coming.

[–] Modern_medicine_isnt 1 points 5 months ago

Cause there are always more patients... but more data will let them get more press when it enables more interesting demos.