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China Matches Neuralink with BCI Implants, Sets $902 Pricing for Procedures

CIBR and NeuCyber NeuroTech, in collaboration, aim to implant their Beinao No. 1 brain chip into a total of 13 individuals by the end of 2025, potentially surpassing Neuralink's patient data collection.
China's ambition to set new global standards for brain-machine interfaces was announced last July by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, involving a committee and roadmap to establish official BCI standards.
CIBR, based in Beijing, and NeuCyber NeuroTech have already implanted the Beinao No. 1 chip in three patients and are accelerating human trials, while Synchron leads in the number of human trials with 10 patients across the United States and Australia.
Luo Minmin, director of CIBR and chief scientist at NeuCyber, stated that formal clinical trials involving around 50 patients are planned for next year after receiving regulatory approval, and also mentioned that Beinao had no ties to the Chinese military.
These BCI companies are in an unspoken race to implant the most humans with BCI chips, with companies like Neuralink and Synchron backed by tech moguls such as Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates demonstrating brain chips enabling paralyzed patients to control robotic arms and transmit thoughts to computers, mirroring results across companies.

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Chinese Brain Implant Project Set to Overtake Musk's Neuralink

Elon Musk has been vocal about his startup that promises to augment humans with computer implants, but it does not appear to have a wide lead.

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Chinese Companies are Accelerating the Brain Interface Race, Matching Neuralink with Human Trials

Brain interface companies have seemingly entered an unspoken race to implant the most humans with brain-computer interface (BCI) chips, with the Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR), NeuCyber NeuroTech, and North America’s Neuralink leading the charge. With a goal of implanting brain chip interfaces in 13 individuals by the end of the year, the Beijing-based Chinese Institute for Brain Research (CIBR) and NeuCyber NeuroTech have already c…

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China makes advances in commercialisation of brain-computer interface technology

The semi-invasive system developed by CIBR and its affiliated start-up NeuCyber NeuroTech have completed their first three human implants.

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A Chinese brain chip company could soon surpass Elon Musk's Neuralink

A Chinese brain chip company could surpass Elon Musks’ Neuralink in number of patients implanted with its experimental tech later this year.Read more...

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Chinese brain chip project speeds up human trials after first success

A tie-up between a Chinese research institute and tech company said on Monday that it aims to implant its brain chip into 13 people by the end of this year, in a move that could see it overtake Elon Musk's Neuralink in collecting patient data.

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Chinese brain chip project to speed up human trials

BEIJING a A tie-up between a Chinese research institute and tech company said on Monday it aims to implant its brain chip into 13 people by the end of this year, a move that could see it overtake Elon Musk's…

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