Elon Musk, co-founder of Neuralink, said the company's Blindsight technology could bring vision to blind people and is awaiting approval.

"Blindsight, as the name suggests, will allow even people who are completely blind or have never seen to see. The product is technically ready, currently just waiting for regulatory approval," Musk wrote on X over the weekend.

The billionaire's post attracted great attention on social networks, reaching 6.2 million views, 101,000 likes and more than 4,000 comments after two days. "Blindsight will be a major breakthrough," account Bozwy wrote. "Musk founded a company that gives voice to the mute and light to the blind," commented account Heartland grump.

According to Tom's Hardware, Blindsight is different from most current technology, which focuses on transmitting signals from the brain to control external devices. For example, cochlear implants and sensory nerve implants send signals from sensors into the brain, helping deaf people hear again and patients regain touch. Meanwhile, Blindsight aims to establish an artificial visual pathway, allowing patients to use cameras to collect images, then convert the signals into a form that the brain understands through a brain-computer interface.

In the post on X, Musk also said that Blindsight is the company's second product. He describes the first product, Telepathy, which allows high-speed communication with computers or humans using only thoughts. "In a few years, the output bandwidth will exceed the fastest human speaking or typing speed," he said.

Elon Musk co-founded the neural technology company Neuralink in 2016 with 7 other members, but most have left. According to Reuters, the American billionaire has great ambitions when he believes Neuralink will change the world, opening up the potential of telepathy. He affirmed that the company's goal is not only to bring the ability to live normally to people with neurological damage, but also to improve people's natural abilities.

Neuralink has conducted several trials of the technology for people with spinal cord injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other conditions. In recent years, the company has also announced a number of brain implants. In January, Neuralink said 21 people had participated in the trial worldwide.

Although not the first company to research brain-computer interfaces, Neuralink is one of the most successful names, partly thanks to financial support from Musk. A number of other businesses are also making efforts to research similar technology. For example, Meta develops a non-invasive magnetic EEG scanner that allows users to translate thoughts into keystrokes, while Chinese startup NeuroXess, founded in 2021, is accelerating progress toward human trials this year.

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