Neuralink has also received approval to launch similar trials in Canada, the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, according to Seo. — Dreamstime/TNS
A paralysed military veteran is one of seven people in the country to be implanted with an Elon Musk-backed brain chip as part of a clinical trial underway in South Florida.
The goal is to test whether the chip, created by Neuralink, a company co-founded by Musk, can give people who are paralysed the ability to use their mind to control computers, smartphones and other electronic devices.
