Unlike the first patient, the brain chip has remained completely attached to the brain in this case.
The second human with a chip cerebral NeuralinkUse the implant to play ‘Counter-Strike 2’ for PC. The company of Elon Musk reported on Wednesday the progress of its second patient, Alexwho received the brain chip last month and has recovered “no problems“.
Alex lost control of his limbs after a spinal cord injury. Before receiving the implant, he played ‘Counter-Strike 2‘ with a mouth control for people with injuries to the extremities, called QuadStickbut he couldn’t move and shoot at the same time. However, with the chip You can remotely control a mouse on your computer portable to aim and use the QuadStick to move at the same time.
Neuralink states that, unlike Noland Arbaugh, the first patient to receive a brain chipthe implant has also remained fully attached to the patient’s brain.
85% of the electrodes attached to his brain were displaced
Neuralink declared that In Alex’s case had reduced some of the mitigators to avoid the problem and had not observed any thread retraction. Despite the success of Arbaugh’s operation, 85% of the wire electrodes attached to his brain were displaced. In any case, the patient you can continue using the implant effectively.
Alex also used the implant to develop 3D designsas a support for the electrical charger of his implant, which was then 3D printed. “Having an idea, putting it into a design and actually generating a physical item as a finished product It makes me feel like I’m building things again.“Alex said.
Neuralink states that it is now working on development of technology controls “to provide a Full mouse and gamepad functionality“.
