Chinese researchers from Nankai University have successfully tested a groundbreaking brain-computer interface (BCI) that avoids risky open-skull surgery. Instead, their device is implanted through blood vessels, helping a paralyzed patient move limbs again. This method claims to be safer and faster to recover from compared to Elon Musk’s Neuralink, which requires drilling into the skull.

Editor’s Note: Brain implants could revolutionize medicine, but skull surgery has always been a major hurdle. If China’s less invasive approach works as well as early results suggest, it might push the field forward—making life-changing tech accessible to more people, faster. It also heats up the global race to dominate neurotech, with China now making a serious bid against U.S. players like Neuralink.