Elon Musk says first human patient will soon receive Neuralink brain implant

Billionaire CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday his company Neuralink is ready to test its first cybernetic implant on a human patient. 

In a blog post, Neuralink announced that recruitment is open for the first-in-human clinical trial of its wireless brain-computer interface (BCI). The Precise Robotically Implanted Brain-Computer Interface (PRIME) study will evaluate the safety of Neuralink’s implant (N1) and surgical robot (R1) and assess whether the device can help paralyzed people control external devices with their