From TLDR 2025-07-28

ELON MUSK'S NEURALINK JOINS STUDY WORKING TOWARD A BIONIC EYE (1
MINUTE READ) [5]

Neuralink is collaborating with researchers in California and Spain
on a clinical trial to study visual prosthetics. The study, sponsored
by the University of California at Santa Barbara, aims to address the fundamental questions that will allow the development of a Smart
Bionic Eye. Such a device would use AI to help blind people identify
faces, navigate the outdoors, and read, among other things. The
study's description says that researchers will use Neuralink patients
'once available'. Neuralink is developing a brainchip called
Blindsight that aims to restore vision to blind people and grant
superhuman vision.

CHINA'S UNITREE OFFERS A HUMANOID ROBOT FOR UNDER $6,000 (2 MINUTE READ) [7]

Unitree Robotics's R1 bot has a starting price of 39,900 yuan, or
around $5,900. Weighing just 25 kilograms, it has 26 joints and is
equipped with multimodal artificial intelligence, including voice in
image recognition. If it works as advertised, the new robot marks a
milestone for the robotics industry. Chinese companies are pushing
ahead with humanoids for factories, households, and even military use
- pricing is crucial to their proliferation.

THE FIRST 100% EFFECTIVE HIV PREVENTION DRUG IS APPROVED AND GOING
GLOBAL (4 MINUTE READ) [8]

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved lenacapavir, a drug
that offers 100% protection against HIV with twice-yearly injections.
Sold under the brand name Yeztugo, lenacapavir is a capsid inhibitor.
It stops the virus from entering cells and copying itself. Gilead has
made moves to ensure the drug is affordable - eligible uninsured
individuals will likely be able to access the drug free of cost
through its Advancing Access medication assistance program.

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[5] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/elon-musk-s-neuralink-jo ins-study-working-toward-a-bionic-eye?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6I kpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MzY1NDI2MCw iZXhwIjoxNzU0MjU5MDYwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWllWUzhHUEwzWE8wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOi JBOEExRDhFQTI5OTc0OTRGQTQ1QUE2REJBMjAwNTM3MSJ9.IlmD0ekOvE4Y1KTgHE1nXZh011fYOtUN dPrGMDQi2Uw&utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[7] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/china-s-unitree-r1-is-a- humanoid-robot-costing-less-than-6-000?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6 IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MzY1NDIzNi wiZXhwIjoxNzU0MjU5MDM2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWDRDOFpUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiO iJBOEExRDhFQTI5OTc0OTRGQTQ1QUE2REJBMjAwNTM3MSJ9.W9zmqp8qC19Z67ye0NF10xzvxJEKag9 Z2t7jtCh6eiY&utm_source=tldrnewsletter
[8] https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/hiv-prevention-fda-lenacapavir/?ut m_source=tldrnewsletter

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