Thousands lined up to try out Elon Musk’s brain chip

Elon Musk’s Neuralink is searching for a volunteer to participate in the first clinical trial of its brain implant chip, after it received approval earlier this year. While it does sound like an episode of Black Mirror, there are thousands of people who have lined up to participate in the six-year trial, which begins next year.

“Neuralink has received an outpouring of interest from thousands of prospective patients,” wrote Ashlee Vance, one of Elon Musk’s biographers, in Bloomberg’s report.