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TORONTO — Eight-year-old Giselle Alnaser wants the Elmo stuffed toy sitting on a stool across the room, and she's going to use her brain waves to get it.

TORONTO - Eight-year-old Giselle Alnaser wants the Elmo stuffed toy sitting on a stool across the room, and she's going to use her brain waves to get it.

The Brain Computer Interface program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto develops technology that allows Giselle and dozens of other physically disabled children to use their minds to move and play.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

Neuralink, Musk’s brain interface company that hopes to merge humans with computers, began the first human trial of its technology in January with a view to restoring lost functions like movement and communication to people with paralysis.

The startup’s founder reportedly gave the update during a virtual event on social media platform X.

Elon Musk said on Monday that the first human patient implanted with a Neuralink brain chip was able to control a mouse pointer using thoughts.

Eight-year-old Giselle Alnaser wants the Elmo stuffed toy sitting on a stool across the room, and she's going to use her brain waves to get it.

The brain chip startup performed its first implant in a human last month

The University of Texas at Austin is joining South by Southwest this year by bringing the "Hook 'Em House" to Antone's Nightclub for two nights only.