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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that his company Neuralink has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human for the first time.
The company's goal is to connect the human brain with computers to help treat complex neurological conditions.
"Initial results revealed promising neuron spikes, or nerve impulses, and the patient is recovering," Musk said.
A number of rival companies have already implanted similar devices. Musk's company was given permission to test the chip on humans by the FDA in May, a milestone after earlier attempts to get approval.
That gave the green light to begin the six-year study during which a robot is being used to surgically place 64 flexible threads, thinner than a hair, into a part of the brain that controls "movements," according to Neuralink.
The company says these threads allow its experimental implant, powered by a battery that can be charged wirelessly, to record and transmit brain signals wirelessly to an app that decodes how the person intends to move.
Through a post on X, the social media platform he owns, Musk said Neuralink's first product is called Telepathy.
"Telepathy will enable you to control your phone or computer, and almost any device, just by thinking. The first users will be those who have lost the use of their limbs", he emphasized.
While Musk's involvement raises Neuralink's profile, it faces rivals, some of whom have a history dating back two decades.
In two separate recent scientific studies in the US, implants were used to monitor brain activity when a person tried to speak, which were then decoded to help them communicate.
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