Elon Musk reaffirmed today that his neurological company Neuralink is working on a chip designed to help the visually impaired, responding to a parent on Twitter who shared his son’s struggle with a rare eye condition.

“This is not much consolation, but Neuralink is working on a vision chip, which will be ready in a few years,” Musk wrote.

The father, Marcus House, shared that his son had Retinal Dystrophy, which can lead to decreased vision over time. Musk said Neuralink’s work on supplementing or supplanting eyesight is coming—after its current work on assisted motor control.

“That is the next area after enabling phone/computer telepathy for those who have lost their mind-body connection,” Musk added. “We [are] waiting for regulatory approval for our first human.”

Neuralink has not yet responded to Decrypt’s request for comment.

Musk’s post about Neuralink’s future vision chip comes at a time when the company is moving into adding human test subjects for its brain-computer interface, the company’s focus since it was founded in 2016.

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