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A) Biotechnology research lab B) American neurotechnology company C) Artificial intelligence software firm D) Robotics manufacturing corporation
A) Virtual reality headsets B) Implantable brain-computer interfaces C) Automated surgical robots D) Artificial intelligence algorithms
A) Max Hodak B) Benjamin Rapoport C) Jared Birchall D) Elon Musk
A) 2018 B) 2015 C) 2017 D) 2016
A) May 2019 B) March 2017 C) January 2016 D) April 2018
A) San Francisco, California B) Del Valle, Texas C) Austin, Texas D) Fremont, California
A) Mission District B) Fremont C) Del Valle D) San Francisco
A) About 5 miles B) About 50 miles C) About 20 miles D) About 10 miles
A) $100 million B) $650 million C) $55 billion D) $158 million
A) $58 million B) $158 million C) $100 million D) $650 million
A) 150 B) 8 C) 90 D) 1,500
A) A machine that weaves artificial neural tissues B) A laser-guided tissue repair tool C) A device capable of implanting very thin threads into the brain D) A device for stitching closed surgical wounds automatically
A) 1 to 2 μm B) 20 to 25 μm C) 10 to 15 μm D) 4 to 6 μm
A) 1,500 B) 2002 C) 158 D) 90
A) 2024 B) 2020 C) 2023 D) 2019
A) 2025 B) 2023 C) 2021 D) 2024
A) Animal testing B) High-volume production C) Human trials D) Commercial sales
A) April 2021 B) January 29, 2024 C) February 8, 2024 D) September 2024
A) Noland Arbaugh B) Jared Birchall C) Max Hodak D) Benjamin Rapoport
A) For testing unapproved drugs on lab rats without consent B) For failing to provide adequate food to test subjects C) For releasing modified animals into the wild D) For the large number of primates that were euthanized after medical trials
A) Infections caused by improper cage sanitation B) Miraculous recoveries from paralysis C) Complications with surgically implanted electrodes D) Behavioral changes unrelated to the surgery
A) Precision B) NeuraLink C) Blindsight D) Neural Lace
A) To allow paralyzed patients to walk using robotic exoskeletons B) To enable blind people whose visual cortex is undamaged to regain some level of vision C) To enhance normal human vision beyond standard biological limits D) To restore hearing to deaf individuals using auditory nerve stimulators
A) Priority patent status B) Commercial exemption status C) Breakthrough status D) Small disadvantaged business status
A) Precision Neuroscience staff B) Gigafactory Texas medical team C) Delaware Court of Chancery D) Toronto's University Health Network
A) Pong addiction B) Severe brain diseases C) Undamaged visual cortex blindness D) Cervical spinal cord injuries
A) Jared Birchall B) Max Hodak C) Pedram Mohseni D) Noland Arbaugh
A) Tim Gardner and Tim Hanson B) Philip Sabes and Vanessa Tolosa C) Max Hodak and Benjamin Rapoport D) Pedram Mohseni and Randolph Nudo
A) To manufacture automated sewing machines B) To allow monkeys to play video games C) To achieve symbiosis with artificial intelligence D) To make devices to treat serious brain diseases
A) Neural networking B) Artificial evolution C) Human enhancement D) Cortical replacement
A) The Culture B) Matrix C) Neuromancer D) Snow Crash
A) Elon Musk B) Max Hodak C) Iain M. Banks D) Benjamin Rapoport
A) A digital layer above the cortex B) A mechanical helmet for reading brainwaves C) A surgical thread made of silicon D) A chemical compound that repairs neurons
A) To destroy all artificial intelligence entities B) To completely replace human thought with AI C) To achieve symbiosis with artificial intelligence D) To regulate AI through government oversight
A) As a harmless video game simulation B) As a minor inconvenience to society C) As an existential threat to humanity D) As the ultimate solution to all diseases
A) A computer hard drive backup B) A video game saved game situation C) A smartphone cloud synchronization D) A digital library catalog
A) Benjamin Rapoport B) Max Hodak C) Elon Musk D) Jared Birchall
A) Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery B) Co-founder of OpenAI C) CEO of Tesla D) Head of Musk's family office
A) Chief executive officer and sole owner B) President and chief financial officer C) Majority owner without an executive position D) Minority shareholder and board chairman
A) Chief executive officer B) Director of engineering C) Chief financial officer D) President
A) Financial disagreements B) Safety concerns C) Relocation to Texas D) Pressure from OpenAI
A) Precision Neuroscience B) OpenAI C) NeuraLink Corp. D) Tesla
A) Penetrating electrodes B) Thread-based electrodes C) Wireless radio electrodes D) Surface electrodes
A) Zero B) Only three C) Only two D) All eight
A) Fremont, California B) Gigafactory, Texas C) Mission District, San Francisco D) Del Valle, Texas
A) OpenAI B) Stat News C) Precision Neuroscience D) Tesla
A) May 2021 B) April 2021 C) January 2024 D) March 2017
A) 2010 B) 2016 C) 1995 D) 2002
A) Using surface electrodes instead of penetrating ones B) Making the implant wireless and increasing the number of implanted electrodes C) Eliminating the need for any surgical procedure D) Teaching the monkey to speak English through the implant
A) April 2021 B) May 2021 C) February 2024 D) January 2022
A) Zero B) Only two C) All eight D) Only three
A) February 8, 2024 B) April 2025 C) January 29, 2024 D) December 2025
A) Kathaleen McCormick B) Noland Arbaugh C) Max Hodak D) Jared Birchall
A) U.S. Small Business Administration B) Delaware Supreme Court C) U.S. federal government D) Nevada Supreme Court
A) A foreign neurotechnology entity B) A non-profit research foundation C) A "small disadvantaged business" D) A publicly traded corporation
A) Neuralink.net B) SAM.gov C) OpenAI.org D) Tesla.com
A) $100 million B) $158 million C) $650 million D) $55 billion
A) About $55 billion B) About $158 million C) About $9 billion D) About $100 million
A) Mass euthanasia of primates B) Relocation of headquarters to San Francisco C) "High-volume production" of its devices D) Human trials in Canada
A) An almost entirely automated surgical procedure B) A non-surgical intravenous insertion procedure C) A surface electrode attachment procedure D) A manual sewing-machine guided procedure
A) 2018 B) 2017 C) 2020 D) 2019
A) 2019 B) 2018 C) 2021 D) 2020
A) Titanium B) Silicon C) Polyimide D) Platinum
A) Gold or platinum B) Copper or silver C) Aluminum or tungsten D) Nickel or iron
A) 128 or 256 B) 512 or 1024 C) 48 or 96 D) 12 or 24
A) 16 B) 64 C) 128 D) 32
A) Tungsten-rhenium B) Titanium alloy C) Stainless steel D) Pure platinum
A) A stepper gear mechanism B) A linear motor C) A piezoelectric actuator D) A hydraulic pump
A) Flattened into a paddle shape B) Sharpened to a microscopic point C) Bent at the tip D) Coated in gold plating
A) 512 B) 256 C) 1,536 D) 64
A) At least 1,000x B) Up to 50x C) More than 200x D) Exactly 10x
A) Lossless B) Lossy C) Thermal D) Acoustic
A) Just outlandish B) Outdated technology C) Easily achievable D) Boringly simple
A) Sheep B) Rabbits C) Monkeys D) Pigs
A) WHO B) PETA C) NASA D) FIFA
A) Gertrude B) Dorothy C) Joyce D) Peppa
A) 50 millimeters B) 5 millimeters C) 23 millimeters D) 100 millimeters
A) Gertrude B) Joyce C) Babe D) Dorothy
A) Gertrude B) Dorothy C) Joyce D) Wilbur
A) 50 B) 15 C) 100 D) 2
A) The Onion B) Reuters C) BBC D) Fox News
A) Sports Illustrated B) Wired C) Cosmopolitan D) Vogue
A) Partial paralysis B) Brain swelling C) Bloody diarrhea D) Spontaneous combustion
A) 2020 B) 2017 C) 2024 D) 2022
A) Cataracts B) Tumors C) Fractures D) Granulomas
A) It required no hardware components B) It was being manufactured underwater C) It had already been approved for human commercial use D) It was already working in monkeys
A) The Washington Post B) The New York Times C) The Wall Street Journal D) USA Today
A) Gary Gensler B) Antony Blinken C) Jerome Powell D) Janet Yellen
A) Elon Musk B) Phyllis Fong C) President Donald Trump D) Gary Gensler
A) Ryan Merkley B) Phyllis Fong C) Roy van Rijn D) Gertrude Pig
A) Common colds B) Digestive disorders C) Neurological conditions D) Broken bones
A) Bluetooth interference B) Overheating processor C) Lithium battery D) Magnetic resonance failure
A) Seattle, Washington B) Phoenix, Arizona C) Los Angeles, California D) Houston, Texas
A) Synapse B) NeuronX C) Telepathy D) MindLink
A) 50% B) 25% C) 85% D) 10%
A) Bob B) Alex C) Paul D) John
A) Blender B) SolidWorks C) Autodesk Fusion D) AutoCAD
A) Noland B) Paul C) Alex D) Andres
A) 12 B) 21 C) 50 D) 7
A) 64 B) 16 C) 128 D) 32 |