Elon Musk's Neuralink has published a live-streamed video on X, formerly known as Twitter, of the first patient with a brain implant, as part of the company's clinical trial with humans.
The video features 29-year-old Nolan Arbaugh who said he's a complete quadriplegic after a "freak driving accident", and paralysed from the shoulders below, assisted by a Neuralink engineer. Arbaugh is using the Neuralink brain-computer interface to control the cursor on a computer screen.
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He said receiving the implant was "super easy" and using it involves training yourself to differentiate between imagined and attempted movements.
After a while, Arbaugh said the process had become very intuitive, to imagine the cursor moving. "Like using the force," Arbaugh said. He compared the experience to using a mouth stick, and while generally positive about the Neuralink implant, he did say it's not perfect and that there are some issues with lots more work to be done.
"It's crazy, it really is. It's so cool," is his verdict on the device he calls life changing. Watch the video and see for yourself.
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