Elon Musk’s company Neuralink has implanted this week the first N1 chip in the human brain. The brain-computer interface (BCI) implant was surgically placed by a robot in a region of the brain that controls the intention to move. This so-called PRIME Study, abbreviated for Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface, involves a medical device trial for Neuralink’s BCI.
The company noted that the implants’ ultra-fine threads transmit signals in the brain. In a post on X, Musk added: “Initial results show promising neuron spike detection.” This suggests that the implant detected signals from the electrical impulses that nerve cells create in the brain.