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Musk’s Neuralink shows off first implant patient: ‘like using The Force’
Noland Arbaugh is a 29-year-old quadriplegic patient who says he was paralyzed eight years ago in a diving accident.
One of the several companies founded and led by billionaire Elon Musk is Neuralink, a startup dedicated to developing brain-computer interfaces via implanted devices, ideally providing paralyzed patients a chance to interface with electronics in a more seamless and natural way — and ultimately giving able-bodied patients the ability to control electronic devices by thought. “I think you’re my only telekinetic friend that I have,” said Neuralink engineer Bliss Chapman, referencing the folkloric psychic power to move objects with one’s mind, before introducing Arbaugh and showing him using the Neuralink implant embedded in his brain to play chess on his computer and move the cursor around to select different programs and apps. “Basically, it was like using ‘The Force’ on a cursor,” Armbach said, making reference to the telekinetic powers wielded by the Jedi Knights and their Sith enemies in the Star Wars franchise.
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