Elon Musk The company that makes the brain chip Neurallink on Wednesday live-streamed a video of its first patient, who was implanted in a brain chip and using his brain, online. Chess was playing
Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old patient paralyzed from the shoulders down following a diving accident, played chess on his laptop and moved a cursor using a Neuralink device, according to Reuters.
The aim of this implant is to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using only their thoughts.
Musk said last month that Noland Arbaugh had been implanted with a chip by the company in January and would be able to control a computer mouse using his thoughts.
In a video that went viral on social media platform X, Noland Arbaugh referred to the implant procedure and said the surgery was very easy. ‘I was discharged from the hospital a day later. I have no mental weakness.’
Noland Arbaugh added, referring to Civilization game six: ‘I basically stopped playing the game, Neurallink gave me the ability to play once more and I played for eight hours straight.’
Describing his experience with the new technology, Noland Arbaugh said it’s “not perfect” and he’s had “some issues.”
He added: ‘I don’t want people to think that the journey is over, there’s still a lot of work to do, but it’s already changed my life.’
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On the other hand, Kip Ludwig, former program director of neural engineering at the US National Institutes of Health, says that what Neuralink has shown is not a ‘breakthrough’.
“These are very early days post-implantation and much needs to be learned, both neurally and patient-wise, to maximize information for control,” he added.
“However, it is a positive development for the patient that they are able to interface with the computer in a way that they might not before the implant, which is definitely a good point,” said Kip Ludwig. It’s the beginning.’
Reuters reported last month that inspectors from the US Food and Drug Administration found problems with record-keeping and quality control for animal experiments at Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Neuralink did not respond to questions regarding the FDA inspection at this time.
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2024-07-18 11:53:51
