In a story that would have been unthinkable not all that many years ago, the first human to have a Neuralink computer chip surgically implanted in his brain has demonstrated how he now uses his thoughts to move a computer cursor around a screen to play online chess and toggle a music stream on and off.
The stuff of science fiction? Not anymore.
Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old man who was paralyzed from the shoulders down due to a diving accident eight years ago, joined a live stream on X (formerly Twitter) with a Neuralink engineer to demonstrate to the public how the brain-computer technology works.
Arbaugh described the technology as “pretty cool.”
It’s all being done with my brain. If y’all can see the cursor moving around the screen, that’s all me, y’all. It’s pretty cool, huh?
Is it?
— Neuralink (@neuralink) March 20, 2024
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