{"id":10311,"date":"2024-03-22T19:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10311"},"modified":"2024-03-22T19:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:51:12","slug":"first-human-with-elon-musks-neuralink-brain-chip-demonstrates-controlling-computer-with-his-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=10311","title":{"rendered":"First human with Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink brain chip demonstrates controlling computer with his mind"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A video shows the first patient for Elon Musk\u2019s company Neuralink using a computer to play chess with the device<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The first patient for Elon Musk\u2019s Neuralink device has showed themselves using a computer with the device.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A nine minute livestream on X showed Noland Arbaugh using the device to play chess online.<\/p>\n

Mr. Arbaugh, 29, who was left paralysed below the shoulders in a diving accident, received the\u00a0chip<\/a>\u00a0in an\u00a0operation<\/a>\u00a0in January.<\/p>\n

Speaking during the nine-minute presentation, Mr. Arbaugh said that the procedure to install the device was \u2018super easy\u2019.<\/p>\n

As well as successfully playing chess \u2018with his mind\u2019, he also said he\u2019d been able to put in an eight hour stint of the grand strategy game\u00a0Civilization VI.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nonetheless, he clarified that the new technology is not perfect and has \u2018run into some issues\u2019 which are being looked into.<\/p>\n

Neuralink is a technology\u00a0company<\/a>\u00a0owned by\u00a0Elon Musk<\/a>\u00a0and is researching ways to connect the brain to a computer.<\/p>\n

It is hoped that the technology will enable people who have suffered severe spinal or neurological issues to tackle some of the challenges they face.<\/p>\n

The device is around the size of a coin, and works by picking up on the electrical signals the brain produces whenever we do something, whether that\u2019s moving our bodies, speaking, or even thinking.<\/p>\n

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Neuralink has previously tested on pigs and monkeys, and in May 2023 was\u00a0granted permission to begin human testing<\/a>\u00a0by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).<\/p>\n

It is not the only company looking into the prospect of using computer interfaces as a way to treat certain conditions.<\/p>\n

The \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale in Lausanne in\u00a0Switzerland<\/a>\u00a0has successfully enabled Gert-Jan Oskam to walk by thinking of the movements involved.<\/p>\n

Mr Oskam, 40, was paralysed in a cycling accident, and the electrical implants have enabled him to stand, walk, and climb stairs.<\/p>\n

The peer-reviewed journal\u00a0Nature\u00a0<\/em>published details of the findings in May 2023.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the cutting edge technology, Professor Anne Vanhoestenberghe of King\u2019s College London. told the BBC: \u201cFor any company producing medical devices, the first test in humans is a significant milestone.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the brain computer interface community, we must place this news in the context that whilst there are many companies working on exciting products, there are only a few other companies who have implanted their devices in humans, so Neuralink has joined a rather small group.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Nonetheless, she cautioned that the true measure of success for such a device is measured in its long term ability to help patients.<\/p>\n

Neuralink has previously been criticised over its animal testing, with Reuters reporting in December 2022 that its tests have resulted in the deaths of around 1,500 animals.<\/p>\n

In July 2023, the head of the US Department of Agriculture said it had not found any violations of animal research regulations at Neuralink.<\/p>\n

A separate investigation by the Dept of Agriculture is ongoing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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