Could our brains be hacked, and memories be planted or deleted? Could our emotions be controlled? Will the day come where we need to update our brain software and press restart?

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Elon Musk's brain-chip company Neuralink is set to implant its revolutionary Blindsight chip on its first human patient in ...

China's CIBR and NeuCyber are aiming to implant brain chips in 13 individuals by the end of the year, with plans for ...

Elon Musk said his brain chip startup Neuralink aims to have its artificial visual prosthesis, Blindsight, implanted in a ...

But whereas these are typically controlled with an external interface like an EEG headset, chip implants are very much the new frontier. They have been enabled by advances in AI chips and micro ...

A special “sobriety chip” has recently been successfully implanted into an alcoholic’s body in East China’s Anhui Province ...

Playboy model Janaina Prazeres says she’s still suffering the side effects of a so-called “beauty chip” three years after ...

From mind-controlled speech to AI-assisted movement, brain chip implants are rapidly turning sci-fi visions like RoboCop into reality.

As magician and biohacker Anastasia Synn approaches her home, she tries to open the front door and finds it locked. Synn has ...

Neuralink received a US FDA approval for the Blindsight chip in September 2024. It was designated as a ‘breakthrough device’.