Chinese brain chip project speeds up human trials after first success
A tie-up between a Chinese research institute and tech company said on Monday that it aims to implant its brain chip into 13 people by the end of this year, in a move that could see it overtake Elon Musk’s Neuralink in collecting patient data.
The Beijing-based Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR) and NeuCyber NeuroTech has inserted Beinao No.1, a semi-invasive wireless brain chip, into three patients in the past month and has 10 more lined up for this year, said Luo Minmin, who is director of CIBR and NeuCyber’s chief scientist.
Videos published by state media this month showed patients suffering from some kind of paralysis using the Beinao No. 1 brain chip to control a robotic arm to pour a cup of water, even transmitting their thoughts onto a computer screen.
