Controversial implant aims to empower individuals to use a computer cursor or keyboard solely through their thoughts.
Neuralink chip is designed to enable humans to effortlessly control external devices through their thoughts alone. / Photo: Reuters
Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was paralysed below the shoulder after a diving accident, played chess on his laptop and moved the cursor using the Neuralink device on Wednesday. Arbaugh had received an implant from the company in January and could control a computer mouse using his thoughts, Musk said last month.
Elaborating on his experience with the new technology, Arbaugh said that it is"not perfect" and they"have run into some issues."
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