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Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted

www.businessinsider.com Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted

"We can't blow up the first three. That's not an option here," Shivon Zilis, the Neuralink director, told Elon Musk's biographer.

Thousands of people are reportedly lining up to have a portion of their skull removed and one of Elon Musk's brain chips implanted

Earlier this year, the US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, approval to launch human trials of its device that Musk has described as a "Fitbit in your skull." The FDA had previously rejected Neuralink's bid for human testing in March over safety concerns, Reuters reported, including that the wires connected to the brain chip could move within a subject's head or that the chip could overheat.

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