With the help of thought - paralyzed chess game/official website, Neuralink
In front of the whole world - live: Elon Musk's Neuralink company, which develops a brain-computer interface chip, published a video yesterday (Wednesday) on X (formerly Twitter) in which it showed Noland Erbo, a 29-year-old paralyzed from the neck down, playing Chess on the computer using only his mind.
The chip was implanted in Erbo's brain in January in a robotic surgery.
Arvo, who lost movement and sensation in his hands and legs after a diving accident in which he was involved about eight years ago, said live that "the surgery was very easy. I was actually released from the hospital a day later and I have no cognitive impairments."
However, according to him "the technology is not perfect".
Erbo explained that he "doesn't want people to think that this is the end of the road, there is still a lot of work to be done, but it has already changed my life."
Neuralink's technology is based on tiny components designed for implantation inside the brain.
These will be able to connect the thoughts and feelings of users to the digital world, and will allow paralyzed people to communicate with the environment, and perform actions and even in the near future help them walk again and treat other neurological problems.
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The company's efforts stalled last year after the company was accused of causing unnecessary suffering and death to dozens of animals in experiments, which led both to an investigation by the US Department of Agriculture for allegations of animal cruelty and even caused the FDA to refuse the company's request to speed up human trials.
Only last May the FDA granted the company final approval.
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