[Avodah] brain implant

[Eli Turkel]

Good morning,

The concept of a *computer chip inside your brain* sounds like it’s
straight out of a science fiction movie. But it just became one step closer
to reality, as Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant company, announced it
is recruiting participants
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for
its first in-human clinical trial.

The company has been working to create a fully implantable, wireless
brain-computer interface for people with paralysis. A robot will be used to
surgically place the implant’s “ultra-fine and flexible threads” into the
brain, and the implant is supposed to “record and transmit brain signals
wirelessly to an app that decodes movement intention,” per Neuralink.

The study will take about six years to complete, according to its brochure.
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I am sure this raises many halakhic questions including shabbat

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Eli Turkel
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