World’s First Neuralink User Plays Chess Via Thought After Brain Implant : ScienceAlert
Neuralink on Wednesday streamed a video of its first human patient playing computer chess with his mind and talking about the brain implant making that possible.Noland Arbaugh, 29, who was left paralyzed from the shoulders down by a diving accident eight years ago, told of playing chess and the videogame "Civilization" as well as taking Japanese and French lessons by controlling a computer screen cursor with his brain.
"It's crazy, it really is. It's so cool," said Arbaugh, who joked of having telepathy thanks to Elon…