Stone to Silicon

Health & biology · 2024

Neuralink first implant

A wireless 1,024-electrode implant let a paralysed man play chess by thought.

Noland Arbaugh received Neuralink's robot-inserted N1 implant in January 2024. Wireless, fully implanted interfaces point to everyday home use rather than lab-only sessions.

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