Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing chess.
The first patient to receive a brain chip from Elon Musk's company Neuralink has appeared to play online chess.
Neuralink released a nine-minute video in which the patient, who is paralysed below his shoulders, appears to move a cursor across a laptop screen with nothing but his thoughts. The video shows him playing chess and turning off the laptop's music.
The patient, who had not been previously identified, said in the live stream video that his name is Noland Arbaugh, 29, who was paralyzed below the shoulder after a driving accident.
Mr Arbaugh received an implant from the company in January and could control a computer mouse using his thoughts, Musk said last month.
Musk previously said the aim of the brain chip is to eventually allow users with disabili...
