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Elon Musk’s braintech startup Neuralink is developing brain implants that allow disabled people to control computers with their thoughts. live streaming A video released Wednesday showed the first-ever user performing several tasks in his head.
noland arbor, the 29-year-old former Texas A&M University athlete was paralyzed in a 2016 diving accident that left him with no sensation from the shoulders down. In January, Arbaugh became the first human patient to test the brain chip.
On Wednesday, he demonstrated how to use a mouse cursor, play online chess, and pause music.
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Arbaugh said he was able to stay up until 6 a.m. to play. civilization 6Thanks to Chips, is a turn-based strategy video game.
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“It’s not perfect. I would say we ran into some problems,” he said in the video. “I don’t want people to think this is the end of the journey. There’s a lot of work to do, but it’s already changed my life.”
The Neuralink chip is coin size The implant, called telepathy, works within the part of the brain that controls movement.by companythis chip captures the user’s brain activity and allows the user to manipulate devices such as computers and smartphones through intention, without having to move.
Arbaugh explained that we first need to distinguish between imagined movements and attempted movements. He experimented with moving his right hand in different directions, developing an intuition for how to imagine the movement of the cursor.
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“It was basically like applying force to the cursor,” he said, later adding that “all you had to do was stare anywhere on the screen” and the cursor would move to where you wanted it to go.
Users on X expressed hope and fear For technology.
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Existing technologies on the market for people with disabilities include: eye tracking technology Companies like Tobii Dynavox can convert minute eye movements into text, which can then be translated into synthetic speech.
companies like black rock neurotech and retrograde science We are also working on brain implants.
Although brain implant technology is still in its infancy, Musk pointed to its long-term potential.
“In the long term, it is possible to pass signals from the brain’s motor cortex through damaged areas of the spine, allowing people to walk again and use their arms normally,” Musk said. claimed.
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Neuralink only follows Musk on X, but Asked “Who’s next?” on Thursday’s platform.
The startup’s first clinical trial, which the company calls “the first of its kind to be conducted in humans,” open to hiring This time it’s for people who have limited or no use of their hands due to ALS or spinal cord injury.