In what sounds like the plot of a 90s sci-fi film, Elon Musk is putting wireless implants in monkeys’ brains and getting them to play videogames. The world’s richest man says this is part of Neuralink - a company formed in 2017 to test brain implants that would allow people to control other digital devices and computer interfaces via nothing but their thoughts. 

In what sounds like the plot of a 90s sci-fi film, Elon Musk is putting <a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2021/02/01/elon-musk-says-he-wired-up-a-monkeys-brain-to-play-video-games%20">wireless implants in monkeys&rsquo; brains</a> and getting them to play videogames. The world&rsquo;s richest man says this is part of Neuralink - a company formed in 2017 to test brain implants that would allow people to control other digital devices and computer interfaces via nothing but their thoughts.

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