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Brain-chip patient plays online chess - Neuralink


Noland Arbaugh, who is paralysed below the shoulders, received a chip implant in January.

Elon Musk's brain-chip company Neuralink has shown its first patient moving a cursor on a computer using an implanted device. Neuralink's device, which is about the size of a one pound coin, is inserted into the skull, with microscopic wires which can read neuron activity and beam back a wireless signal to a receiving unit. That was achieved by putting electronic implants on Mr Oskam's brain and spine, which wirelessly communicate thoughts to his legs and feet.

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