A few days after the news of the first patient experimenting with the Neuralink brain implant, Elon Musk adds a further result to the project of the company he heads.
Over the weekend, Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old quadriplegic due to an accident, managed to share a "thoughtful" post on social media.
The Neuralink implant had allowed Noland to play chess, immortalized in a video later released online.
"Twitter banned me because they thought I was a bot, but then Elon Musk reinstated me, because I actually am one" joked the young man, writing each message with the help of the chip that sends signals from the brain to a connected computer.
Elon Musk reacted to Arbaugh's tweet, celebrating it as the "first post ever made simply by thinking, using the Neuralink Telepathy device."
This is the second update on what the initiative aims to achieve, namely a better living condition for people who, for various reasons, are unable to move one or several parts of the body.
On March 21, Neuralink livestreamed a video of Noland Arbaugh playing chess online, using his mind and moving the cursor on a computer without using physical tools.
“I just imagine the cursor moving where I want it, and the action is performed.”
For the occasion, the patient remained online for several hours of queuing, returning to play after the diving accident that paralyzed him eight years ago.
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