08 Jun 2026
China's NEO Brain Chip Beats Neuralink to First Commercial BCI Sale
China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved NEO — a coin-sized invasive brain-computer interface from Neuracle Technology and Tsinghua University researchers — for commercial use beyond clinical trials, making it the world's first invasive BCI cleared for sale, according to MIT Technology Review, Scientific American, and People's Daily reporting on the March 2026 decision…
