Elon Musk announced the first test of implanting a chip into the human brain.

Elon Musk announced the first test of implanting a chip into the human brain. This was reported by Engadget on November 30.

"We think that maybe in about six months we will be able to use the first chip in a person," Musk said.

This operation will be carried out by the neurotechnology company Neuralink, which belongs to the billionaire. At the same time, they managed to master this technology earlier, having performed an operation on the brain of a pig about two years ago and on the brain of a monkey 19 months later.

With the help of such a chip, according to Musk, computers and smartphones can be used without the help of hands. He added that Neuralink will conduct operations carefully. Necessary precautions, as the founder of the company noted, were already used when the chip was administered to animals in previous studies.

It is worth noting that Neuralink will not be the first company to conduct such an operation. In July, Synchron and doctors at Mount Sinai in New York successfully implanted the company's inch-and-a-half-long device in a person living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

We will remind, earlier it was reported that SpaceX is going to launch Starlink for airplanes in 2023.