WASHINGTON, March 21The first patient with a Neuralink implant in the brain showed how he plays chess.
The company broadcast the game on its page on the social network X. 29-year-old Nolan Arbaugh said that about eight years ago he was paralyzed in an accident, since then he has not felt anything below his shoulders.
On the broadcast, a man says that he loves to play chess, but could not do it, he showed how he now moves with the power of thought cursor across the game board on your laptop screen, rearranging the pieces.
Arbo admitted that he now plays computer games with breaks to recharge the device. “It’s not perfect yet, there’s still a lot of work to be done, but my life has already changed,” he said.
In January, American billionaire Elon Musk announced that the first person had received the Neuralink implant and was doing well. According to the businessman, the first data obtained on the operation of the device show promising results. Musk later wrote that the new Neuralink device is called Telepathy. It gives the owner the ability to control a smartphone or computer using the power of thought and is primarily created for people who have lost the use of limbs.
Previously, US health inspectors discovered problems with record keeping and quality control of experiments on animals at the California center of Musk's company.
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