FIRST NEURALINK PATIENT ALARMED AS DEVICE STARTS LOSING FUNCTIONALITY
Earlier this year, Noland Arbaugh became the first human patient to have a brain-computer interface chip implanted by Elon Musk's Neuralink.
The 29-year-old Texas native — who became paralyzed after a diving accident eight years ago — was initially amazed at the results, learning to move a cursor with his mind alone and using those newfound skills to play Civilization VI and even Mario Kart.
He started setting records right from the get-go, as measured by standardized brain-computer interface tests.
But things didn't always go according to plan. As Neuralink later admitted, some of the threads inserted into his motor cortex started to retract over time, possibly due to air trapped in his skull following the surgery.
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