Neuralink reveals first human trial patient, a 29-year-old quadriplegic who says brain chip is 'not perfect' but has changed his life

Wed, 03/20/2024 - 19:22

Zilis is a director at Neuralink. — Neuralink has implanted one of its chips into a human for the first time, following several years of tests conducted on monkeys.
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Neuralink is Elon Musk's neural technology company that has been working on brain-chip implants.
Musk announced in January that the company implanted a chip into its first human patient.
Neuralink revealed its first patient, Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old quadriplegic, during a livestream.

Neuralink, Elon Musk's neural technology company, revealed during a livestream on Wednesday that its first human patient to have received a brain-chip implant is a 29-year-old man who became a quadriplegic after a serious diving accident about eight years ago.