China beats Elon Musk’s Neuralink to the world’s first commercial brain-computer interface implant — car crash victim given coin-sized chip that turns neural signals into hand movements

Neural Electronic Opportunity (NEO) implant.

• There's been a notable first for brain-computer interfaces
• A commercially-sold BCI has been implanted for the first time
• It comes from Chinese company Neuracle Medical Technology

There's been a notable advancement in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCI) this week: surgeons in China have successfully implanted a commercially sold BCI in the brain of a patient for the first time.