Posted 3/24/2024, 5:04:10 PM
Quadriplegic Patient Controls Video Games With Mind After Neuralink Implant, Raising Questions About Technology's Promise and Perils
- Video shows first Neuralink patient, Noland Arbaugh, playing Mario Kart video game with his mind after getting brain implant
- Arbaugh is quadriplegic and uses a wheelchair after a swimming accident; implant allows him to control games with thoughts
- Shows impressive analog control in gameplay by directing turns and shooting other players
- Arbaugh has also played strategy game Civilization VI with the Neuralink device
- Comes amid negative press about animal deaths in Neuralink trials and calls for SEC to investigate Musk statements