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Neuralink's 'breakthrough device' clearance from FDA does not mean they have cured blindness | TechCrunch

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Elon Musk-owned brain-computer interface company has received “breakthrough device” clearance from the FDA .

But this does not mean they have developed a cure for blindness, whatever Musk might say.

A microelectrode array is embedded in the visual cortex, and stimulates the neurons there in patterns derived from a camera.

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