The 30-year-old quadriplegic man who opted to become the first human to receive Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant chip called “The Link” revealed how the pioneering technology has changed his life.
Noland Arbaugh, who became paralyzed from the shoulders down after sustaining a spinal cord injury from diving into shallow water, became the first human participant in Neuralink’s clinical trial in January, eight years after his accident.
In an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America’s” Will Reeve, Arbaugh said that the device has given him the ability to have nearly full control over using a computer — using only his thoughts.
The device, which is approximately the size of a coin, is implanted beneath the skull and uses 64 tiny wires, or threads, equipped with over 1,000 electrodes that can read neuron activity in the brain and connect with a computer or smartphone, according to the company.
“I can control …