brain implant

  • Neuralink Livestreams Paralysed Patient Playing Video Games With His Mind

    Neuralink Livestreams Paralysed Patient Playing Video Games With His Mind

    Neuralink, Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup, live-streamed an interview with its first patient on Wednesday. The man in question, a 29-year-old quadriplegic who identifies himself as Noland Arbaugh, said that he has been unable to move his arms or legs for nearly a decade. Using Neuralink’s brain implant, which was inserted in January, the man now…


  • 13% of People Think Elon Musk’s Singularity Brain Chip Will Be Good for Society

    13% of People Think Elon Musk’s Singularity Brain Chip Will Be Good for Society

    Elon Musk believes humans will one day use implantable brain computer interfaces to achieve a “symbiosis” between humans and artificial intelligence, preferably his. Six years out from founding his company Neuralink, new polling suggests the public still has little interest in this futuristic possibility. Overwhelmingly, respondents seemed more likely to view the prospect of implantable…


  • The Movement to Protect Your Mind From Brain-Computer Technologies

    The Movement to Protect Your Mind From Brain-Computer Technologies

    Recording memories, reading thoughts, and manipulating what another person sees through a device in their brain may seem like science fiction plots about a distant and troubled future. But a team of multi-disciplinary researchers say the first steps to inventing these technologies have already arrived. Through a concept called “neuro rights,” they want to put…