Brain Implants

Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink on Thursday said it had received the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval to launch its first in-human clinical study. The company announced the decision on Twitter, saying the approval "represents an important first...

A revolutionary new system that uses electrical spinal stimulation to nerves, simulating the impulses that they normally get from the brain, has restored function in three patients who had been completely unable to move their legs or torso. Although electrical...

Billionaire Elon Musk is taking his brain implant startup to the next level and starting clinical trials in humans. Musk’s firm Neuralink previously had success inserting their microchip into the brain of a macaque monkey and a pig. Musk believes...