When Meta launched Orion, Musk's internal OS narration was that such childish toys could be sold. Mark Zuckerberg just wants everyone to be as nerdy as he is. Meta's augmented reality glasses extend the real world into a new virtual dimension through external devices, rendering virtual objects to create a brand new world. However, to Musk, compared to Neuralink, these augmented reality gear have little practical use, being merely expensive and impractical metaverse accessories that no one would want to wear all day.

Neuralink is indeed a true disruptive innovation. When Musk conducted the somewhat chilling monkey experiment in 2016, many were unaware of what 'brain-machine interface' was really about, only perceiving the act of drilling a hole in the head to implant a chip as quite shocking. The human brain's nerves can be considered the most mysterious region, and neuro-medicine remains one of the most challenging fields of study. The neurons in the brain connect to the eyes, ears, nose, and tongue, and through the sensory neurons, various signals can be transmitted to the brain, enabling us to 'experience' images, sounds, smells, and tastes.

How the Neuralink Blindsight Implant Chip Works

Augmented Reality (AR) allows users to see virtual objects stacked in the real world. Neuralink aims to enable individuals to not need to wear any equipment, relying instead on surgery to become chip-enhanced (having no better way to describe it), allowing the chip to enhance neuronal control of the external world. With wireless transmission, humans can connect with computers, reviving signals to perform tasks.

Neuralink Blindsight Implant implants chips and cameras in the brain, projecting the acquired data bits into images, allowing individuals who have lost their eyesight or are congenitally blind to 'see' the real world; this is the vision of Neuralink Blindsight Implant.

Imagine implanting a camera and chip into the eyes and brain of a blind person. After activating the camera, the brain's activity and the data captured by the robot are transmitted as electronic signals to the part of the brain that controls vision, operating on the same principle as augmented reality. As long as there is rendering, the brain will generate images.

Allowing robots to perform brain surgeries on blind individuals can reopen their field of vision, merging artificial intelligence with the human brain—not to turn humans into robots or science monsters, but to use technology to help those with special disabilities regain a normal life.

How Neuralink Will Break Reality uses augmented reality glasses worn by Mark Zuckerberg to explain the function of the Neuralink Blindsight Implant, with the narrator humorously teasing Mark for looking like a big boy (adorable) in his glasses and curly hair.

Neuralink's Blindsight Implant is preparing to enter the medical market, considered a niche market within a niche market. Aside from Musk, no one else can or dares to undertake this. Although Musk mentioned that currently only low-resolution images can be rendered, it has already brought hope to many blind individuals and their families.

Neuralink's Blindsight Implant has received certification labeling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which may expedite formal approval in the future. Currently, there is no further news on when Blindsight Implant will begin human trials, and the FDA has not released any comments.

Neuralink Introduction

Neuralink is a medical technology startup founded by Elon Musk and a group of engineers in 2016, developing brain chip interfaces that can be implanted within the skull, utilizing the chips for wireless transmission to help patients with congenital or acquired disabilities regain normal lives. Neuralink is actively recruiting patients with quadriplegia to join research; details can be found on the official website.

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