Musk Says Neuralink Hopes To Implant First Brain Chips Into Humans Next Year

Elon Musk, co-founder of the human brain-interface technology company Neuralink, has said his company hopes to be implanting computer chips into human patients next year, beginning with spinal cord injury patients. The date, which seems remarkably close for such a sci-fi-esque concept, is actually two years later than previously stated, but Musk hopes to begin human testing in 2022 regardless.

The device will supposedly allow patients with no control over their limbs to interface with digital devices with similar technologies, allowing quadriplegics to order shopping, communicate with friends, and browse the web directly with brain waves.