![]() ![]() Musk may have put a top-notch hardware implant in a pig - but he didn’t mention plans for clinical trials on humans during the event earlier this year, which some expected. ![]() But just like Europe’s endeavours in space, batteries, electric cars and the hyperloop, not enough people know about it. Thanks in part to this tradition, European startups are leading the way in driving humanity to a future where it can connect to machines. The chip can be used to open doors to some coworking spaces and gyms in the city (although not that many). In Sweden, there are 3,500 people (including the author of this piece) today walking around with a microchip injected with a kind of syringe under the skin in their hand. “We are a bit like Linux if Elon Musk is Microsoft.”īritish university professor Dr Kevin Warwick ( known as “Captain Cyborg”) has been implanting all kinds of electronics in his body since the 90s, while Spain’s Neil Harbisson, now living in New York, is the first person to have an antenna brain implant and to be recognised by the government as a ‘cyborg’. In fact, Europe has a long tradition of biohacking and connecting machines to humans going back to the 1990s. ![]() In the last few months alone, Italian startup Wise closed a €15m round, Dutch neurostimulation company Salvia Bioelectronics raised €26m and German startup CereGate closed an undisclosed Series A round. Universities such as Karolinska in Stockholm, Cambridge in the UK and the University of Freiburg in Germany have all fostered neurotechnology startups, and while Neuralink has capital and press attention others can only dream of, an increasing amount of investment is heading towards European neurotechnology startups. North America and Europe are currently global leaders in neurotechnology thanks to their technological infrastructure and world-leading research facilities, according to a recent report. They just lack the marketing might (and financial firepower) of Musk. Other European companies such as the German CereGate and Swiss Mindmaze are outclassing Neuralink in core areas, such as understanding the language of the nervous system and helping people who suffer from neurological disorders. What nobody mentioned, however, was that a little British company called BIOS is doing pretty much the same thing as Neuralink - only in many respects better.Īnd it’s not just it. The press coverage of the event - which featured a compelling mix of cute animals, sci-fi technology and Musk in hyperbolic-statement overdrive - was lavishly covered in the press from the New York Times to Le Monde and the FT. ![]()
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