Neuralink Unveils Blindsight Chip for People Who Lost Both Eyes, Targets 1st Human Implant This Year
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Updated · NewsBytes · May 18
Neuralink Unveils Blindsight Chip for People Who Lost Both Eyes, Targets 1st Human Implant This Year
3 articles · Updated · NewsBytes · May 18
Blindsight, unveiled by Elon Musk at a tech summit in Israel, is designed to help people who have lost both eyes regain vision, with a first human implant planned later this year.
Neuralink said the chip will initially provide only basic sight, but Musk said the brain-device link could eventually deliver far sharper vision and even connect directly to external devices.
Musk also highlighted Neuralink work aimed at restoring movement in paralyzed patients by bypassing damaged spinal cords.
At the same event, he cast the implants as part of a broader AI future, predicting self-driving cars will handle most driving within 10 years and humanoid robots will become common in homes.
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Restoring Sight with Neuralink’s Blindsight: Human Trials, Technology, and the Future of Brain-Computer Vision
Overview
Neuralink is developing the Blindsight chip, a brain-computer interface designed to restore vision by creating visual perception directly in the brain, bypassing damaged eyes and optic nerves. The chip is implanted within the skull and aims to help people with profound visual impairment perceive the world again. Human trials are expected to begin in the UAE in mid-2026, enrolling three patients for several years. The main goal of these trials is to restore basic visual perception, offering new hope for individuals who have lost their sight to regain some visual input.