Video Shows Neuralink’s First Human Brain Chip Patient Playing Chess: ‘It Has Already Changed My Life’

Elon Musk’s brain tech startup Neuralink, which develops brain implants for people with physical disabilities to control computers with their thoughts, livestreamed a video on Wednesday showing the first-ever user doing several tasks with his mind.

Noland Arbaugh, 29, a former Texas A&M University athlete, was paralyzed in a diving accident in 2016 and has no sensation below his shoulders. In January, Arbaugh was the first human patient to trial the brain chip.

On Wednesday, he demonstrated how he was able to use a mouse cursor,

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