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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Vishwam Sankaran

Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip company says it now has FDA approval for human testing

Neuralink

Elon Musk’s brain chip company Neuralink said on Thursday that it now has regulatory approval in the US to test its implants in human subjects.

Neuralink has been building chips to be implanted into the skull for a brain-computer interface, claiming their development has the potential to help restore vision in the blind, and even help paralysed people walk again.

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