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with Connie McLaughlin

Brain chips – is it progress or tech gone too far? Ask the vet, Jay Blades and Name the Place

PHONE-IN
Tech billionaire Elon Musk says his Neuralink company has successfully implanted one of its wireless brain chips in a human for the first time. The company's goal is to connect human brains to computers and allow people paralysed in all four limbs to control devices with their thoughts. Posting on his social media platform X, Elon Musk said the patient was reported to be recovering well from Sunday's operation - and that initial results had detected promising neuron spikes, or nerve impulses.

CONNIE ASKS
Brain chips – is it progress or tech gone too far?

Also on the show...

NAME THE PLACE
Can you Name today's Place in Scotland?

JAY BLADES
The Repair Shop's Jay Blades on touring the UK in a tool-shed with Sir David Jason

ASK THE VET
Our resident vet, Ross Allan returns to take all your pet-related questions in this week’s Ask the Vet surgery. Whether your pet is acting out of character or displaying worrying symptoms, get in touch – Call 0808 5 92 95 00 or Text 80295.

BOWEL CANCER
Why are more young people dying from bowel cancer?

BABY NAMES
What are the rules in Scotland when it comes to naming your baby?

SOLO DINING
Solo dining is on the rise in the UK - here's to how to embrace dining for one.

DO YOU KNOW WHEN TO SEE YOUR PHARMACIST?
In a book entitled Why Can't I See My GP? Dr Ellen Welch says that the next generation should be educated on how to use the NHS correctly to stop GP surgeries being clogged up. If you have warts, aches and pains, coughs and colds or conjunctivitis - do you know who should you see?

3 hours

Last on

Tue 30 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Dua Lipa

    Dance The Night

    • Warner Music UK Limited.
  • Wham!

    I'm Your Man

    • Fantastic 80's - 3 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Tv/Columbia.
  • The Soup Dragons

    I'm Free

    • Weekender - Various Artists.
    • Columbia.
  • Sugababes

    About You Now

    • (CD Single).
    • Universal.
  • °Õ’P²¹³Ü

    China In Your Hand

    • The 80's Love Album (Various Artists.
    • Virgin.
  • Coldplay

    Paradise

    • (CD Single).
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 30 Jan 2024 09:00

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