Elon Musk says Neuralink’s first human trial participant can control a computer mouse with their brain, nearly one month after having the company’s chip implanted in their brain.

More information: Yidan Ding et al, EEG-based brain-computer interface enables real-time robotic hand control at individual finger level, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61064-x ...

Using electroencephalography (EEG), they’ve enabled real-time, thought-driven control of a robotic hand at the level of individual fingers.

The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able to control a computer mouse using their thoughts, the startup's founder Elon Musk ...

Human implanted with Neuralink brain chip 'can control computer mouse just by thinking', Elon Musk says In the first update since January, Musk said the patient is making "good" progress.