American businessman and inventor Elon Musk announced the approximate cost of chipping during the presentation of the device "Link" for implantation in the human skull.
According to Gadin.Net, according to Ren TV, he said that the price will be very high at first, but will fall soon.
"We would like its cost to drop to several thousand dollars, including transactions in automatic mode," said Musk.
According to him, the inventors from Neuralink expect that the system will be fully automated for the operation, and the presence of the device will be invisible to other people.
The chip itself will be the size of a large coin. It is planned to affect the activity of the brain, including the treatment of various disorders.
Earlier, Musk shared his success in creating a brain chip. Thus, the prototype of the chip and an improved robot model for automated implantation were successfully tested in two pigs. The device allowed scientists to monitor the activity of the tactile centers of the animal's brain and what it touches with the pig's nose via a wireless communication channel.
It is said that the chip will allow a person to fight epilepsy, paralysis and other diseases that disrupt the functioning of the brain or spinal cord.
