Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing online chess

Subject: Science and tech

Section: Awareness in Computer and IT

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Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink live streamed on Wednesday its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind to play online chess.

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Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was paralyzed below the shoulder after a diving accident, played chess on his laptop and moved the cursor using the Neuralink device.
29-year-old Noland Arbaugh is the first human patient to get implanted with the Neuralink device that reads signals from the brain.
The implant seeks to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using only their thoughts.
Musk in January this year announced that the first implant was successful and that the patient was able to “move a cursor” using the interface.

About Neuralink:

Neuralink is working on developing a brain-computer interface that is designed to help patients with paralysis or other conditions control computers and other electronic devices using neural signals.
The US Food and Drug Administration gave Neuralink clearance to conduct its first trial to test its implant on humans last year.
The study used a robot to surgically place a brain-computer interface in a region of the brain that controls the intention to move.