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The man with a mind-reading chip in his brain - thanks to Elon Musk
Noland Arbaugh tells the BBC how being the first Neuralink patient has changed his life.
Musk was cagey in public at the time, simply writing in a social media post: "Initial results show promising neuron spike detection." Noland played a game of online chess using his Neuralink BCI on a livestream on X in March 2024, alongside the company's brain interface software lead Bliss Chapman. Synchron is one such firm, which says its Stentrode device aimed at helping people with motor neurone disease requires a less invasive surgery to implant.
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