{"id":95682,"date":"2019-09-02T09:42:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-02T16:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/scientists-invent-sewing-machine-to-implant-brain-electrodes"},"modified":"2019-09-02T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T16:42:41","slug":"scientists-invent-sewing-machine-to-implant-brain-electrodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/scientists-invent-sewing-machine-to-implant-brain-electrodes","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Invent \u201cSewing Machine\u201d to Implant Brain Electrodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-invent-sewing-machine-to-implant-brain-electrodes2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A group of DARPA-funded scientists associated with Elon Musk say they\u2019ve invented a new way to \u201crapidly implant\u201d brain electrodes into rats \u2014 and their \u201csewing machine\u201d implantation system could facilitate the creation of a mind-reading brain-computer interface, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-04-11\/team-linked-to-elon-musk-neuralink-outline-brain-monitor-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">first reported by <em><i>Bloomberg<\/i><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough more research is needed to refine the overall interface system and better integrate its components, these developments may ultimately open the possibility of bundling next-generation robotics, AI software, and electronics to create alternatives to present-day neurosurgical techniques,\u201d DARPA biotech director Justin Sanchez told <em><i>Bloomberg<\/i><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of DARPA-funded scientists associated with Elon Musk say they\u2019ve invented a new way to \u201crapidly implant\u201d brain electrodes into rats \u2014 and their \u201csewing machine\u201d implantation system could facilitate the creation of a mind-reading brain-computer interface, as first reported by Bloomberg. \u201cAlthough more research is needed to refine the overall interface system and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2019,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-elon-musk","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95682\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}