“It’s like using the Force” on a computer cursor, according to Noland Arbaugh, referencing the Star Wars energy field. Arbaugh is a quadriplegic and the first person to get the Neuralink brain chip implant in January 2024 at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix.

Neuralink celebrates the anniversary of its first human implant as it moves toward the beginning of its brain chip trials expanding to Miami.

Musk’s startup company Neuralink has tapped the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine to be the second site in the country to test whether its brain chip can give people who are paralyzed the ability to use mind to wirelessly control computers, smartphones and other electronic devices.

Elon Musk’s Neuralink has selected Miami as a clinical trial site for its brain-computer interface, the second U.S. site to participate in the groundbreaking research to aid people with