Neuralink video shows patient using brain implant to play chess on laptop

Neuralink’s N1 implant. | Image: NeuralinkElon Musk’s brain-computer interface company has released a video purporting to show the first human patient using Neuralink’s brain implant to control a mouse cursor and play a game of chess. The patient, identified as 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, said he was injured in a diving accident eight years ago that paralyzed him below the shoulders. Arbaugh describes using the Neuralink implant as like using the Force from the Star Wars franchise, allowing him to “just stare somewhere on the screen” and move the cursor where he wants. Elon Musk, who founded Neuralink in 2016, retweeted the video of Arbaugh and said it demonstrated “telepathy.” https://t.co/OMIeGGjYtG— Neuralink (@neuralink) March 20, 2024 In addition to playing chess,... Continue reading…

Mar 21, 2024 - 14:50
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Neuralink video shows patient using brain implant to play chess on laptop
A hand holding the N1 implant.
Neuralink’s N1 implant. | Image: Neuralink

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company has released a video purporting to show the first human patient using Neuralink’s brain implant to control a mouse cursor and play a game of chess.

The patient, identified as 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh, said he was injured in a diving accident eight years ago that paralyzed him below the shoulders. Arbaugh describes using the Neuralink implant as like using the Force from the Star Wars franchise, allowing him to “just stare somewhere on the screen” and move the cursor where he wants.

Elon Musk, who founded Neuralink in 2016, retweeted the video of Arbaugh and said it demonstrated “telepathy.”

In addition to playing chess,...

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