Mar 02
Mar 02
Dave Filoni on Ahsoka and His Star Wars Transition From Animation Into Live Action
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For years, Dave Filoni was the Star Wars animation guy. He worked side by side with George Lucas on Star Wars: The Clone Wars. That was followed by the first new Star Wars project released by Disney, Star Wars Rebels. He’s also produced both Star Wars Resistance and Star Wars: The Bad Batch. But with the birth of…
Mar 02
Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain implant company, is facing a new roadblock on its extremely ambitious avowed quest to cure blindness and paralysis. The Food and Drug Administration has shot down Neuralink’s application to proceed to human trials with its device, according to a Thursday report from Reuters, attributed to…
Mar 02
FDA reportedly denied Neuralink's request to begin human trials of its brain implant
Posted in: Today's ChiliDespite the repeated and audacious claims by its sometimes CEO, Elon Musk, the prospects of brain-computer interface (BCI) startup Neuralink bringing a product to market remain distant, according to a new report from Reuters. The BCI company was apparently denied authorization by the FDA in 2022 to conduct human trials using the same devices that killed all those pigs — namely on account of; pig killing.
“The agency’s major safety concerns involved the device’s lithium battery; the potential for the implant’s tiny wires to migrate to other areas of the brain; and questions over whether and how the device can be removed without damaging brain tissue,” current and former Neuralink employees told Reuters.
The FDA’s concerns regarding the battery system and its novel transdermal charging capabilities revolve around the the device’s chances of failure. According to Reuters, the agency is seeking reassurances that the battery is “very unlikely to fail” because should it do so, the discharge of electrical current or heat energy from a ruptured pack could fry the surrounding tissue.
The FDA is also very concerned with potential problems should the device need to be removed wholesale, either for replacement or upgrades, due to the minuscule size of the electrical leads that extend into the patient’s grey matter. Those leads are so small and delicate that they are at risk of breaking off during removal (or even during regular use) and then migrating to other parts of the brain where they might get lodged in something important.
During Neuralink’s open house last November, Musk’s confidently claimed the company would secure FDA approval “within six months,” basically by this spring. That estimate is turning out to be as accurate as his guesses for when the Cybertruck might finally enter production. “He can’t appreciate that this is not a car,” one employee told Reuters. “This is a person’s brain. This is not a toy.” Neuralink did not respond to requests for comment.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/fda-reportedly-denied-neuralinks-request-to-begin-human-trials-of-its-brain-implant-204454485.html?src=rss
Mar 02
Alex Murdaugh’s Defense Claims Cops Fabricated Evidence To Frame Him For Murders
Posted in: Today's ChiliLaw enforcement botched the investigation and pinned the killings on Murdaugh because they had no other suspects, the defense said in its closing argument.
Mar 02
A Chinese eVTOL has achieved a new record in range and flight distance, furthering the potential in aerial taxi services, as well as other vehicle use cases.
Mar 02
The NES and its pack-in light gun game, “Duck Hunt,” were an iconic experience on the console for many ’80s kids. But how did that light gun work, anyway?
Mar 02
Dallas Morning News Reporter Says She Was Fired for Calling the Mayor ‘Bruh’ on Twitter
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A reporter says she was fired by her paper after calling the mayor of Dallas “bruh” on Twitter, a comment the news outlet claimed violated its social media policy.
Mar 02
Star Trek: Picard season three has so far been, even with the promise of greater stakes to come, something of a relaxing, almost idealistic venture. It’s been about our heroes being the heroes we want them to be, getting things done consequences be damned, about the discovery of legacy, and so on. This week however…
Mar 02
A Journalist Uncovers an Alien Conspiracy (Maybe?) in Sci-Fi Thriller Monolith
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Lily Sullivan is about to see her horror profile rise exponentially—she stars in Evil Dead Rise, which releases in April—but today, io9 has the exclusive teaser premiere of another genre film she’ll soon appear in: Monolith, an Australian sci-fi thriller screening in the SXSW Film Festival’s “Midnighters” program.
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