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Dave LeClair

You won’t believe it — Neuralink’s brain implant just used to control a computer

Neuralink logo and name on dark backround.

Noland Arbaugh is the first human to receive Neuralink’s brain implant. He recently took to the social media platform X to show off the capabilities of the device by controlling a computer with nothing but his brain during a livestream.

It sounds like Arbaugh, a 29-year-old man who was paralyzed from the shoulders down in a car crash eight years ago, uses the Neuralink brain implant for more than just moving a mouse cursor. During the stream, he talked about using the connection to play online chess matches and the popular strategy game Civilization. 

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