Neuralink

High school (ages 12+)
Science & Technology

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/neuralink

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the company founding year?2016
2. What is the thread diameter range?4 to 6 micrometers
3. How does Neuralink connect to the brain?They use very thin threads, only 4 to 6 micrometers wide, that a special robot puts into the brain to read and send signals.
4. Who started Neuralink and when?It was founded in 2016 by Elon Musk and eight scientists and engineers, and it started in Fremont, California.

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