Musk's Neuralink Shows Patient Controlling Video Games With His Mind
- Quadriplegic patient plays video games, online chess
- Brain implant company streamed update on Musk’s X platform
The Neuralink website.
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp. livestreamed an update with its first brain implant patient Wednesday, showing a quadriplegic man who was able to play video games and online chess using his mind.
Neuralink is a brain technology startup founded by Musk. Its implant allows a patient to use their thoughts to control a computer. Musk has said that the company will start by working with patients who have severe physical limitations like cervical spinal cord impairment or quadriplegia.