I'm the first person to receive Neuralink's brain-chip implant. Here's how it's helped me reconnect with the world.

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Noland Arbaugh received the implant in January

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Neuralink's first patient said he 'cried a little bit' after his brain implant started malfunctioning

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Neuralink is another Elon Musk company.

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Neuralink knew years ago that wires from its brain chip could retract and cause it to malfunction, report says

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Neuralink inserted its implant in its first human patient in January.

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Neuralink's brain-chip implant malfunctioned and the company reportedly considered removing it from its human patient

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Neuralink revealed the first human patient to receive its brain-chip implant in March

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

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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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Elon Musk says Neuralink's first patient can move a computer mouse 'by just thinking'

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Neuralink implanted its chip in a human for the first time last month.

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China just revealed plans to take on Elon Musk's Neuralink

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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a new policy document this week.

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Elon Musk claims the first human patient has received a Neuralink brain implant

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Thousands of people have expressed interest in participating in the FDA trial for Neuralink, Bloomberg reported.

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A high schooler's award-winning algorithm could help Elon Musk's company Neuralink and pave the way for neural implants that never need replacing

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Canadian high school student Anush Mutyala with the headset he used as part of his neural implant science fair project.

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Elon Musk's plan to implant chips into people's brains is eerily similar to a 2015 British spy movie featuring an eccentric billionaire played by Samuel L. Jackson

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Elon Musk and Samuel L. Jackson.

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