Learning English

Elon Musk's brain chip

Elon Musk's company Neuralink has successfully implanted a chip in a human brain.

收看视频并完成练习

NEWS REVIEW PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE - SUBSCRIBE HERE

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Did you like that? Why not try these?

• US and UK strike Houthis
• Taiwan election angers China
• Dog meat banned by South Korea 

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Click here to find out how to use News Review in class

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Image: Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The story  

A wireless chip has been successfully placed in a human brain by Elon Musk’s Neuralink company.
The device is able to read brain signals linked to movement and send them to a computer.
Musk said that future innovations may allow us to control our phone or computer just by thinking.

Key words and phrases

implant
something placed inside your body

• The cochlear implants allowed her to hear again.
• A pacemaker is a type of heart implant.

interface
a connection between two systems

• This program’s user interface is really complicated.
• The film explores the interface between dreams and reality.

cyborg
part-human, part-machine

• The cyborg in the film has a mechanical arm.
• The cyborg-like beetle can be controlled by scientists.

To do

Try our quiz to test yourself on today's language.

Downloads

You can download the audio and PDF document for this episode.

More

We hope you enjoyed News Review. You can find more episodes here.