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idiomat9000 ◴[] No.45004041[source]
I did not see any breakthroughs in neural link patents. Have they solved neural scaring?
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1. ACCount37 ◴[] No.45032171[source]
This appears to be at least a partial solve for it.

Older implants are notorious for having that issue - and while scarring doesn't appear to hurt the brain all that much, it sure does hurt the connectivity.

The usual "bed of nails" Utah array typically deteriorates massively within 6 months. Neuralink's very first human implant has lasted for what, a year and a half already? It had issues with dislodged electrodes, which must have hurt the interface quality, but it still remains usable. That's a damn good sign.