Elon Musk
Technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer
Elon Reeve Musk FRS is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and engineer. He holds South African, Canadian, and U.S. citizenship and is the founder, CEO, and chief engineer/designer of SpaceX; co-founder, CEO, and product architect of Tesla, Inc.; co-founder of Neuralink; founder of The Boring Company; co-founder and initial co-chairman of OpenAI; and co-founder of PayPal. In December 2016, he was ranked 21st on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People, and was ranked (co-)first on the Forbes list of the Most Innovative Leaders of 2019. He has a net worth of $22.8 billion and is listed by Forbes as the 40th-richest person in the world.
Visit website: https://www.tesla.com/elon-musk
See also: Tesla - American electric vehicle and clean energy company
Details last updated 22-Nov-2019
Elon Musk News
Neuralink's Blindsight: A new vision for the blind
MobiHealthNews - 19-Sep-2024
Elon Musk's brain-computer implant receives FDA approval
Read more...Elon Musk plans to implant millions of Neuralink brain chips in a decade
Independent - 22-Aug-2024
Future uses include controlling robotic devices and improving communication
Read more...Paralyzed patient regains digital control with Neuralink's implant, but technical issues persist
Futurism - 18-May-2024
Loose wires caused setbacks, prompting a search for a second volunteer for testing
Read more...Oxford university shuts down the Future of Humanity Institute
The Guardian - 19-Apr-2024
Elon Musk-backed institute collapses after leader's past remarks and long-termism's controversies
Read more...Paralyzed man plays chess online using Neuralink brain chip implant
BBC - 21-Mar-2024
Brain-computer interface tech allows patient to control computer cursor with mind
Read more...Ray Kurzweil brings his prediction of the technological singularity forward to 2029
Independent - 13-Mar-2024
Also predicts a new era of hybrid humans and the potential to reverse aging within the next five years
Read more...A computer mouse can be controlled with the mind using Neuralink's device, says Elon Musk
The Register - 20-Feb-2024
Despite Musk's claims, there's not much information, which raises concerns
Read more...Elon Musk's company Neuralink implanted its first wireless brain chip in a person
BBC - 30-Jan-2024
The chip has the potential to significantly benefit individuals with paralysis
Read more...Professor defends "mediocre neuroscience" assessment of Neuralink demo
BBC - 01-Sep-2020
You need entrepreneurs, engineers and academics to make sustainable progress
Read more...Kernel develops mind-reading helmets to enable people to communicate
Bloomberg - 05-May-2020
Low cost and no surgery may make this an attractive alternative to Musk's Neuralink
Read more...Merging biological and artificial intelligence
Observer.com - 14-Aug-2019
Musk suggests using brain chip for treating neurological diseases, such as dementia
Read more...Connecting human brains directly to computers
Independent - 17-Jul-2019
Technology will help to keep up with the rapid development of artificial intelligence
Read more...We're on the verge of overcoming death
Metro - 14-May-2019
A great summary of the potential benefits are curing ageing
Read more...How the rich plan to survive the apocalypse
Guardian - 24-Jul-2018
Hoarding, and different forms of forced labor are among the future plans of the most powerful
Read more...AI researchers sign pledge against killer robots
Guardian - 18-Jul-2018
Over 150 firms agreed against developing A.I-based weapons, governments should be next
Read more...Elon Musk still thinks a Mars colony will save us from a future dark age
The Verge - 11-Mar-2018
Elon Musk talks about all the ways humanity may be doomed in the future. Thinks there is such a ...
Read more...Here are the ways Silicon Valley plans to conquer death
National Post - 03-Nov-2017
Billionaires are now pouring millions into longevity research. Upgrading the human immune system...
Read more...A Timeline for Humanity’s Colonization of Space
Futurism - 30-Oct-2017
Late 2017: Heavy Falcon Launch 2018: Preparing for Space Tourism 2019: Space Tourism and Observ...
Read more...Elon Musk Reveals More About Plan to Colonize Mars
Fortune - 15-Oct-2017
Musk clarified that, though he has shared images of vast Martian cities in his presentations on M...
Read more...Killer robots - third revolution in warfare
BBC - 21-Aug-2017
100 leading robotics experts are urging the United Nations to take action. A fully autonomous we...
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