Cleo Abram Releases a Full Episode Touring Neuralink and Its New R1 Surgical Robot
Full HUGE* If True episode on Neuralink and the future of brain computer interfaces I toured @neuralink and got a close up view of their new R1 surgical robot, to see the future they and @elonmusk are building and how it is already changing lives... 00:00 What if you put a chip in your brain? 01:02 What does a human brain feel like? 02:17 How does your brain work? 03:58 Can a brain computer interface read your thoughts? 05:19 How do you get a chip into your brain? 08:07 What’s inside Neuralink’s implant? 10:06 How do you build a brain implant? 11:07 How does robot do brain surgery? 12:20 What could you do with a brain chip? 15:05 How are brain computer interfaces already being used today? 16:07 How are brain chips huge if true?
Context
The episode gives a wide audience a close look at how Neuralink builds and implants its brain chip, and Elon Musk's share pushed it to millions of viewers.
Cleo Abram hosts Huge If True, a video series about science and technology. Neuralink is Elon Musk's brain computer interface company, and R1 is the robot it uses to implant its device.
Deep dive
Cleo Abram posted the full Huge If True episode on Neuralink and the future of brain computer interfaces on Saturday. She says she toured Neuralink and got a close up view of its new R1 surgical robot, to see the future the company and Elon Musk are building and how it is already changing lives.
The video runs about 18 minutes, and the chapters listed in the post walk through what a brain chip is, how the brain works, whether a brain computer interface can read thoughts, how the chip gets into the brain, what is inside the implant, how it is built, how a robot does brain surgery, and how such devices are already used today.
Elon Musk quoted the post a couple of hours later with the words Neuralink deep dive, and his quote drew more than a million views.
The episode is a feature rather than a company announcement, and the post does not list new trial results, patient numbers or product dates. It is included here because it drew wide attention and offers an accessible look at the R1 robot.
What to expect next
Watch for Neuralink updates on patient numbers and trial results, which would show how fast the R1 robot and the implant are being used. Rival brain computer interface companies are also running trials, so comparisons will grow. Also watch whether regulators set a path toward wider approval of these devices, and whether Neuralink shares more about how the R1 robot performs in surgery.