The first patient to have an implant placed in his brain from a neurotechnology company nerve connection Entrepreneur Elon Musk demonstrated his success by playing chess live on his company page on the social network X.
29-year-old Nolan Arbaugh shared his story, saying that he was paralyzed after an accident about 8 years ago and lost the feeling from his shoulders down. Now, thanks to the implant, he can move the pieces on the chessboard on the laptop screen by moving the cursor with his thought power. Arbaugh also added that he plays computer games and takes breaks to charge his device.
“It’s not perfect yet, but it’s already made my life better,” he said.
Neuralink performed the first operation to place an implant in the human brain on January 28.
Alexey Ermakov, IT expert at the Department of Cyber Sports at the Faculty of Gaming Industry and the Department of Cyber Sports at the Synergy University commented Results of an experiment conducted by Elon Musk’s Neuralink company. He stated that implanting a chip into the human brain poses a threat to the subject, but that it will give paralyzed people an additional opportunity to interact with the outside world.
Previously Elon Musk nominated For the Nobel Peace Prize.