Billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have invested in Australia’s New York-based brain-computer interface company, Synchron, a leading competitor to Elon Musk’s start-up, Neuralink Corp
Founded by Australian professors Tom Oxley and Nick Opie, the company announced it had closed a $110 million Series C funding round involving Bezos Expeditions, Gates Frontier, and ARCH Venture Partners.
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Acitivist Post reports: The Synchron Switch is a “brain-computer interface” that is implanted in the blood vessels at the surface of the motor cortex of the brain via the jugular vein.
Once set, the interface will detect and wirelessly transmit information from the brain, allowing severely paralysed individuals to control personal devices without needing to use their hands.
The funds will be put towards a pivotal clinical trial.
The Stentrode™ Endovascular Electrode Array and Implantable Receiver Transmitter Unit. (Courtesy of Synchron)
“We have an opportunity to deliver a first-in-class commercial [brain-computer interface],” said Oxley, also the CEO of Synchron, in a statement.
“The problem of paralysis is much larger than people realize. 100 million people worldwide have upper limb impairment,” he added.
ARCH Managing Director Robert Nelson said Synchron was helping individuals with untreatable conditions “regain connection to the world.
“It is an exciting time for neurotechnology,” he said.
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MAMMON, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York. — Ambrose Bierce. The Devil’s Dictionary, 1911
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The Jesuit Generals Head Quarters are in New York. York was the capital City of England under Roman Rule.
They called it New York because they called America the New World. Most people know of course.
No. It was originally called New Amsterdam, when the English took it from the Dutch they named it after the Duke of York.
Bezos should get a brain chip, maybe it’ll make his weird eyes match.
Australian Brain Implants. Bwahahahahhahah Some jokes need no punchline.
More satanic evil. Both cabal monsters deserve a fast execution.
These two A holes need a lead implant.