{"id":2633629,"date":"2026-07-22T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-beats-musk-to-worlds-first-brain-computer-interface-after-human-surgery\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T12:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:44:23","slug":"china-beats-musk-to-worlds-first-brain-computer-interface-after-human-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-beats-musk-to-worlds-first-brain-computer-interface-after-human-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"China Beats Musk to World&#8217;s First &#8216;Brain-Computer Interface&#8217; After Human Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-beats-musk-to-worlds-first-brain-computer-interface-after-human-surgery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2633629&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A groundbreaking medical procedure was performed in China where a man with paralysis became the first person to receive a commercially approved brain chip. the device, developed by Chinese neurotech company Neuracle, was implanted onto his brain, enabling him to control a robotic glove with his thoughts after a decade of losing hand mobility due to a spinal injury. During the operation at Huashan Hospital in Shanghai, the device successfully captured the patient&#8217;s brain signals, which were then translated into robotic movements. This marks a significant milestone as Neuracle&#8217;s device is ahead of Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink in terms of market deployment, although Neuralink&#8217;s technology involves more complex neural interfacing. Other companies like Synchron and Meta are also advancing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/real-life-jurassic-park-elon-musk-could-make-it-happen-according-to-business-partner\/\" title=\"Real-Life Jurassic Park? Elon Musk Could Make It Happen, According To Business Partner\">brain-computer interface<\/a> technologies, with ongoing clinical trials and improved non-invasive systems for translating brain signals into commands.Neuralink&#8217;s ongoing human trials and FDA-approved studies are aimed at evaluating long-term safety and efficacy,while various organizations continue developing and refining brain-computer interfaces for medical and interaction purposes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A paralyzed man in China became the first person on Earth to receive a brain chip cleared for sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Chinese neurotech firm Neuracle placed its coin-sized Neural Electronic Opportunity device onto the man\u2019s brain, the South China Morning Post <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3360684\/china-completes-worlds-first-commercial-brain-computer-interface-implant\">reported<\/a> Wednesday. The brain-computer interface gave him control of a robotic glove with his thoughts, after a spinal injury took away his ability to use his hand ten years ago. Neuracle is ahead of Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink, which must complete clinical trials before selling its brain chip in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Doctors at Huashan Hospital in Shanghai implanted the patient with the NEO. The patient is recovering, and the device was able to capture his \u201cstable, high-quality\u201d brain signals during the operation, according to the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Neuralink, Neuracle, the Embassy of China, and Synchron each did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">After it is surgically implanted on the patient\u2019s brain, the NEO device records neuron electrical signals as he or she imagines hand motion, Gizmodo <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/china-just-performed-the-worlds-first-implant-of-a-commercial-brain-computer-interface-2000785981\">reported<\/a>. A computer then translates these signals into the motion of the patient\u2019s robotic glove.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201c[W]hile Neuralink still leads in tech, China is playing a game of deployment, becoming the first to market with a passable product and iterating in the field after collecting IRL data, the same playbook with EVs and humanoid robots,\u201d Aric Chang, founder and managing partner of PrototypeVC <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AricChang\/status\/2079093564626423994?s=20\">said<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">China\u2019s Neuracle is not truly \u201cbeating\u201d Neuralink, he argued, because Neuracle uses just eight electrodes resting on the brain\u2019s surface, while Neuralink threads over 1,000 directly into brain tissue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The \u201cPrecise Robotically IMplanted Brain-Computer InterfacE\u201d (PRIME) is the first in-human study on the safety of Neuralink\u2019s technology, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT06429735\">according<\/a> to a National Library of Medicine overview of the study. The first person was implanted as part of the Neuralink trial in January 2024, Musk <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1752098683024220632?s=20\">announced<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cLife expectancy \u2265 12 months\u201d and \u201cpresence of a stable caregiver\u201d are among the criteria for participation in the Neuralink study, which is expected to be completed in 2031, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Synchron, a brain-computer interface (BCI) company, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210728005305\/en\/Synchron-Receives-Green-Light-From-FDA-to-Begin-Breakthrough-Trial-of-Implantable-Brain-Computer-Interface-in-US\">received<\/a> the first FDA Investigational Device Exemption for a permanently implanted BCI in 2021. The company announced \u201cpositive results\u201d in 2024 after six study participants used its BCI device for 12 months, according to a Business Wire press <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20240930433219\/en\/Synchron-Announces-Positive-Results-from-U.S.-COMMAND-Study-of-Endovascular-Brain-Computer-Interface\">release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">In June, Meta announced Brain2Qwerty v2, an improved version of the company\u2019s AI <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ai.meta.com\/blog\/brain-ai-research-human-communication\/\">system<\/a> that converts brain signals into typed sentences. \u201c[Brain2Qwerty v2 is] the highest-performing end-to-end pipeline capable of real-time sentence decoding from non-invasive brain recordings, approaching levels of accuracy previously exclusive to techniques that require brain surgery,\u201d a Meta blog post <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ai.meta.com\/blog\/brain2qwerty-brain-ai-human-communication\/\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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