Precision Neuroscience, a specialist in brain-computer interfaces, has laid claim to a new record for the number of surgically-inserted electrodes in a human brain. currently tops out at 1,024 electrodes for its brain-computer interface . Is electrode count the be all and end all for BCIs? Colour us clueless, for we have no idea. But it certainly get you bragging rights.
As it happens, Precision Neuroscience was co-founded by neurosurgeon Ben Rapoport, previously a co-founder of Neuralink. Several other senior Precision Neuroscience are also Neuralink alumini. Notably, he has reportedly also discussed how his concerns over safety and the invasiveness of implants contributed to his departure from Neuralink and enjoys nothing more than a serious dissertation on the finer points of monitor input lag and overshoot followed by a forensic examination of advanced lithography. Or maybe he just likes machines that go “ping!” He also has a thing for tennis and cars.