Elon Musk's Neuralink, has competition as China shows off Monkey with brain chip allowing it to control robotic arm!
THE MONKEY PICKED UP A STRAWBERRY WITH ITS THOUGHTS.
(FUTURISM.COM)
A Chinese company says it's successfully developed a brain chip and implanted it into a monkey — who can now remotely control a robot arm with the device.
That's according to state-run news media outfit Xinhua, putting Elon Musk's startup Neuralink on notice that there will be international as well as domestic competition for his brain-computer interface venture.
The company, Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology, which is backed by the Chinese government, unveiled its device, the NeuCyber Array BMI (brain-machine interface) System at a technology convention in Beijing on Thursday, according to Reuters.
In a presentation photo at the convention, taken by Xinhua, the company displayed at their booth filmed footage showing the implant in action: a monkey is seen strapped inside a plexiglass enclosure with soft wires leading to its brain.
The video captures the monkey seated in front of a robot arm inside a white lab room, Xinhua reports, seemingly using it to pick up a strawberry.