The second human Neuralink implant patient enjoys playing Counter-Strike 2 using his Link brain-computer interface (BCI). Alex, a spinal cord injury patient, only received the implant last month but has been quick to adapt to the benefits the BCI provides, using CAD applications and gaming. Moreover, it is hoped that Link will provide him with greater autonomy via robot arm and wheelchair controls.
The video shows Alex and his CS2 teammates in action, wasting the hapless opposing forces. Before he got the Link implant, Alex dabbled in CS2 using an assistive device called the Quadstick. Neuralink described this controller as “a mouth-operated joystick with sip-and-puff pressure sensors and a lip position sensor for clicking.”
