Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink revealed that it experienced a problem with its brain implant after the device was installed in its initial participant, 29-year-old quadriplegic Noland Arbaugh.
After the January 28 procedure, Musk was quick to announce on X that Arbaugh was “recovering well” and that “initial results show promising neuron spike detection.” But just weeks later, the company said Wednesday, the device started to malfunction.
Cofounded by Musk, Neuralink is one of several companies developing a brain-computer interface, a system that provides a direct link from the brain to an external device. Neuralink’s technology is designed to decode intended movement
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