A paraplegic man who underwent Neuralink's human clinical trial will release ``a movie that plays chess by operating a PC just by thinking''



Neuralink, founded by businessman Elon Musk and others, aims to make it possible to operate electronic devices directly with the brain by implanting a communicable implant in the brain. A movie shows how a 29-year-old paraplegic man who underwent Neuralink's human clinical trial actually plays the game just by thinking.

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Neuralink live-streamed an interview with a man who underwent surgery to implant a brain computing interface (BCI) called ``Link'' on X. In the movie below, you can see how a man actually plays online chess.

A paraplegic man who underwent Neuralink implant surgery plays chess on a PC - YouTube


When the man (right) was 21 years old, he became partially paralyzed due to a diving accident and was unable to move his limbs. Then, I underwent a clinical trial for Neuralink and had Link implanted in my brain.



According to the man, by distinguishing between the actual attempted movement and the imagined movement, then mentally imagining moving the left and right hands, and finally concentrating on the movement while staring intently at the cursor, It is now possible to freely move the PC cursor. Regarding the cursor operation with Link, the man described it as ``a feeling similar to the Force operation that appears in ``Star Wars.''



In the movie, he is playing chess, but the first thing a man who completed Link's implantation surgery was able to understand how to use Link was the popular strategy game ' Civilizaztion VI ', and even until 6 o'clock in the morning. Apparently they played all night. 'Civilizaztion VI' is a game that takes quite a while to play, and the fact that I was able to play it until morning using Link means that I can operate my PC using Link without any problems even for long periods of time. . Link's battery runs out in about 8 hours and requires wireless charging each time, but the man said, ``It was worth playing even if the battery ran out.Until now, I had never played Civilizaztion VI. I had given up,' he commented.

The man said, ``It was a very wild experience where you just stare somewhere on the screen and it moves where you want it to go. It's crazy. It really is. It's cool. We are so lucky to be able to participate in the clinical trial... I feel like I'm learning something new every day. I can't express how cool that is.'



In addition, Mr. Mask commented on X, ``This is a demonstration of ``telepathy'' where you can operate a computer and play a game just by thinking.''

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