The American startup Neuralink of billionaire Elon Musk has published a video in which a patient plays chess with his mind on the computer using a brain implant.
Noland Arbaugh, 29, quadriplegic after a car accident, says he plays chess and the video game 'Civilization' or takes Japanese and French lessons thanks to a brain implant that allows him to control a computer mouse alone .
"He's crazy. There's still so much to do, but he's already changed my life," he says, joking about becoming "telekinetic."
The patient talks about how this new technology has allowed him simplified access to many of his hobbies.
He describes how he can move the cursor around the screen while the implant translates its intention.
The head of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X announced in January that Neuralink had placed its first brain implant on a patient as part of clinical trials.
At the end of February he assured that this patient was now able to control a computer mouse with his mind.
“The reason I joined this project is that I wanted to be a part of something that I think will change the world,” Arbaugh said.
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