By researching areas allied to brain-machine interfaces, China is looking to push up its expertise in yet another domain that was dominated by the US
The government of China has provided funding to set up a leading laboratory to study brain-machine interfaces, much like Elon Musk's Neuralink has been working on. The recently inaugurated Sixth Haihe Laboratory in the northeast port city of Tianjin to "drive innovation and create new areas for economic growth",Brain-machine interface technology helps connect the human brain to a device like a computer, which can be used to carry out tasks.
that plays pong without a controller is one of the most visual examples of the technology. However, the Elon Musk company has failed beyond a few trials, and now the Chinese government is looking to build similar technology independently.Apart from Neuralink, research institutes in the U.S., such as the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have led the development of technology in brain-machine interface for many years., China is looking to break U.
The Haihe laboratory in Tianjin has brought together more than 60 scientists, many of them with experience having worked overseas at one facility to research other allied areas for brain-machine interfaces. For instance, some researchers are working on developing bionic tissues for the human body, while others are trying to figure out ways to detect and measure signals in the brain and improve communication between humans and machines and facilitate their working together.Ding Ruiqing, the lead researcher, told a state-media newspaper on Science and Technology that the laboratory had the world's largest and most comprehensive patent pool for brain-machine interactions.
The researchers are looking to solve the bottleneck problem areas that will advance the technology and aim to convert the research findings into practical applications. While these applications might be a few years away, it undoubtedly increases competition for
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