Neuralink has successfully implanted a chip into the human brain

Neuralink has this year performed the first operation to implant an implant in a patient's brain to enable interaction with a computer. Previously, it was reported that a total of 11 volunteer patients will undergo such operations this year.

In most cases, the volunteers are persons with severe motor impairments. Neuralink hopes to customize the interface between the human brain and the computer so that patients can effectively control bionic prostheses or exoskeletons, and ideally start moving their own limbs.

According to the company's vision, specialized robots should perform such operations. Ilon Musk added that the first results are encouraging, as the implant already manages to register the activity of the patient's neurons.

The company has already come up with a name for its implant, which it plans to mass produce if the clinical trials are successful. Dubbed Telepathy, it should allow a person to control a smartphone or computer, or any other device, "literally by the power of thought."

In previous phases of research, Neuralink's solution has been used on monkeys to control objects in computer games using brain signals. An animal with an implanted chip, for example, played ping pong on a computer display. According to Neuralink's scientific advisers, it will be years before the company's brain implants are approved for mass use.