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by etrautmann 2515 days ago
Yes - as someone who works in the field (on the academic side), Neuralink has an approach that will in theory work once the engineering is all in place.

Facebook's approach of "quasibalistic photon imaging" is attempting to be a higher resolution signal like FNIRs, but struggles from the reality of physics and the challenges of imaging through a LOT of opaque dura / skull / skin / hair. They have a goal of decoding 100 words per minutes of speech, but that's going to be incredibly challenging with a noninvasive approach.