brain diseases, brain implants, elon musk, neuralink

No, the Neuralink May Not Solve Brain Diseases as Elon Musk Hopes

Last month, entrepreneur Elon Musk suggested that his Neuralink project, which will act as a man-machine interface, will be able to treat brain diseases. But Randy Bruno, a neuroscientist from Columbia University, believes that such hopes might be misplaced. Treating the brain Musk revealed the potential medical application for Neuralink during an interview with the ...

Armin Auctor

The Neuralink Project.

3 Reasons Why Now Is the Best Time to Be Alive

There are some who might say that the old times were better. While that can be seen as an idealistic viewpoint, it cannot be accepted as truth. Anyone who objectively looks at history will understand that the modern era is the best time to be alive, offering better opportunities than in the past. Elon Musk ...

Armin Auctor

Internet apps and social media.

How Will the Hyperloop Change Travel?

In August of 2013, Elon Musk published a white paper detailing a new type of transportation — the Hyperloop, a high-speed rail designed for high-traffic cities paired less than 900 miles apart. Musk made the research public so others could turn his idea into a reality. A Los Angeles-based startup — Hyperloop One — is ...

Megan Nichols

Hyperloop travel capsules.

Elon Musk and Jack Ma: AI and the Future of Humanity

Entrepreneur-billionaire-duo Elon Musk and Jack Ma recently debated each other at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai. The two discussed subjects like artificial intelligence and the future of the human race, putting forward several interesting ideas in the process. The future of AI Elon Musk was the most pessimistic of the two as to ...

Armin Auctor

Jack Ma and Elon Musk.

Elon Musk’s Tunneling Company Digs Into China

The Boring Company, a venture that builds underground tunnels for hyperloop transportation systems, has announced that it will be launching operations in China very soon. The announcement was made by the company’s founder, Elon Musk, in a tweet. Elon Musk’s Chinese operations Elon Musk will be attending the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) 2019 in ...

Jack Roberts

The Boring Company.

Astronomers Criticize Musk After He Puts 60 Satellites in Orbit

On May 23, SpaceX launched 60 satellites into space. A part of the Starlink project, these are the first batch of a proposed 12,000 that the company plans on deploying in Earth’s orbit to give wireless broadband Internet access to the entire world. However, astronomers are not happy about the project and are accusing Musk’s ...

Troy Oakes

A Starlink satellite in space.

Elon Musk’s Brain-Computer Interface Is Now Being Tested on Animals

The Neuralink project has reportedly entered the animal testing phase, making Elon Musk’s ambitious brain-computer interface (BCI) plans one step closer to reality. However, the development of BCI also raises some very serious ethical issues. The animal testing phase When it began operations, Neuralink had rented two floors of a building in San Francisco, initially ...

Nspirement Staff

Elon Musk and his Neuralink.

Elon Musk Confirms That a ‘Tesla Mini-Car’ Is on the Way

Fans of Tesla have long speculated whether the company will ever release an affordable variant of its electric car or if it will only ever cater to the high-end segment of the market. A tweet by Elon Musk seems to confirm that a Tesla mini-car, which could turn out to be far cheaper than the ...

Nspirement Staff

SpaceX, Elon Musk, and When We Finally Land on Mars

To the Moon? History says we’ve been there. Mars? Only with probes and the like. Never has any human set foot on Mars soil during the past recorded 5,000 years and this will soon change, according to SpaceX’s Elon Musk. The SpaceX travel research and development company, spearheaded by Elon Musk, claimed flights to Mars ...

Hermann Rohr

Tesla Loses Top Engineer While Trying to Hit Model 3 Goal

As Tesla, Inc. hit their production target for the Model 3 car, it also lost one of its best engineers just a few days before. And to make matters worse, the production target seemed to have been achieved by pushing workers to extremes. Leaving Tesla Doug Field, who was the chief vehicle engineer at Tesla, ...

Nspirement Staff

Tesla Model 3 car.