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Elon Musk’s brain chip firm Neuralink lines up clinical trials in humans

Implants that Musk says could allow paralysed people to walk already tested on a macaque and a pig

The billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain chip startup is preparing to launch clinical trials in humans.

Musk, who co-founded Neuralink in 2016, has promised that the technology “will enable someone with paralysis to use a smartphone with their mind faster than someone using thumbs”.

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