Elon Musk's Neuralink joins research on bionic eyes.

Elon Musk's brain-machine interface company Neuralink is collaborating with researchers in California and Spain to conduct a clinical trial on visual prosthetics. The news of Neuralink's involvement in the trial was disclosed on ClinicalTrials in late July. The study is sponsored by the University of California, Santa Barbara. According to online descriptions, the goal of this research is to "address the fundamental challenges in developing an intelligent bionic eye." Researchers say that this device will use artificial intelligence to help blind people recognize faces, navigate outdoors, read, and more.