Until now, implanting any device in the brain required a forced step: opening the dura mater, the most resistant membrane that protects the brain, to be able to access it. Neuralink, the brain implant company founded by Elon Musk, has just announced that it has managed to skip that step. For the first time, its electrode threads have crossed the dura mater without needing to cut it, something that can make brain surgeries simpler, safer and fast…
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Until now, implanting any device in the brain required a forced step: opening the dura mater, the most resistant membrane that protects the brain, to be able to access it. Neuralink, the brain implant company founded by Elon Musk, has just announced that it has managed to skip that step. For the first time, its electrode threads have crossed the dura mater without needing to cut it, something that can make brain surgeries simpler, safer and fast…