What's happening?

On Monday, Elon MuskA South African-born entrepreneur whose companies have included the online payment service PayPal. He now controls Twitter, renamed 'X'. announced that his company had successfully put a microchipA very small piece of material containing electric circuits that hold lots of information. into the brain of a human.

The word "cyborg" means someone who is partly human and partly a machine.

Here are some reasons why cyborgs may be a good thing:

Mental massage Microchips could be used to help with mental health problems.

Health hopes Telepathy should allow paralysedUnable to move. people to move their bodies using their thoughts.

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Data delivery Collecting information from people's brains will be very helpful to scientists.

Mind to mind Implants might make reading each other's thoughts possible one day!

Should we be glad?

Yes! This could be great news for doctors. The microchips could help them to find lots of answers to people's health problems. And it might make everyone's life a little bit easier.

No! We should want to stay human - and only human. We should not want to be part machine. And imagine if someone used your brain chip to try to control you!