'It was like using the force': Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink livestreamed its first patient implanted with a chip playing online chess using his brain to interact with a computer. | ABC News

Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink has livestreamed its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind to play online chess. Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was paralysed below the shoulder after a diving accident, played chess on his laptop and moved the cursor using the Neuralink device. The implant seeks to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using only their thoughts. Mr Arbaugh had received an implant from the company in January and could control a c

#NSTTV Elon Musk's brain-chip start-up #Neuralink livestreamed on Wednesday its first patient #implanted with a #chip using his mind to play online #chess. | NST Online

Elon Musk's Neuralink just implanted a chip in a monkey's brain and demonstrated it playing video games with its mind. The science behind that could be a game-changer. | CNET