damn… 40 minutes… just started. guess they beat the odds!
Does it come in a flex version tho?
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This is much more impressive than I anticpiated.
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Missed a big chance to have it glow/blink.
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I’m surprised by the range, given its small size… managed to snap a photo of my TV.
23 mm x 8 mm in size… 5-10 meter wireless range??? That’s wild.
I’ll tell you what’s wild: 1024 channels, read AND write. Holy thin wires Batman!
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There are a couple of downers though:
1/ The interface is a cellphone. Guess what sits on a cellphone? Android or iOS. I really don’t want a Google or Apple OS running an app that reads from and writes to my brain. Nosireebob!
2/ The implant is fairly easily removable. But nobody seems to touch on the fact that you’re left with a friggin’ hole in your skull afterwards. What’s done about that if you choose to have it removed?
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And the range is 5-10 meters… thinking about data safety here, that looks not so good… and yes, google / apple makes it even worse…
Even if you don’t take it out, there is still a hole with a device in it - so, what happens if you get a hit directly on the implant itself?
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What if I told you, people seek that out. Shoot, I may consider it one day. I have looked into it quite a bit.
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Isn’t it effectively “just” a craniotomy?
- Crack it open
- Rip out the neuralink
- Chuck the skull fragment back in the hole
- Bung it back together with a couple of staples
- She’ll be right
Sounds pretty simple to me
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Yes, I knew about trepanation. I was more referring to those of us who are not comfortable with having a hole in their skulls 
See above 
If I get it right, there simply is no more skull fragment - there is a hole, the implant, and the skin above it…
Hole saw, Bone graft = Problem solved
Or just keep the original bone fragment in a jar full of cerebrospinal fluid
I should have been a surgeon…
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why I always say “How much do you want to bet…” when I’m not sure I’ll come out ahead, and “I’ll bet you X” when I am
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Only if I can take it home and put it on my desk - would be a nice conversation starter 
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Maybe they give it to you in a lil white box like my wisdom teeth came in. Problem is eventually you’ll move somewhere else and forget which giant-storage-thingy-in-the-attic you packed it away in.
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Losing my head, kind of… at least partly… 
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