An accident happens to the first man to wear Elon Musk's Neuralink chip. Say goodbye to using your thoughts to operate your computer.
Elon Musk's team developed a Neuralink implant, which Noland Arbaugh is the first paralyzed man to receive. Even though it was a significant event and the experiment appeared to be going well at first, it ultimately failed. Issues quickly surfaced more than 400 days after the chip, which was designed to substitute artificial brain impulses for Arbaugh's natural gestures and movements, was implanted in his brain.
In January of 2024, Noland Arbaugh had 1,024 electrodes and 64 wires implanted in his brain. These gadgets used artificial intelligence to record the speech and motor impulses that Noland Arbaugh wanted to use. They then sent the recorded impulses to a computer screen, where they moved a cursor. Regretfully, this intricate system broke down very fast.
One month later, it was discovered that 85% of the electrodes that were affixed to Arbo's skull had come loose, rendering him incapable of using his thoughts to operate the computer. However, the electronic system itself wasn't the problem.
The wires became essentially useless as a result of the brain tissue surrounding all of the implanted devices healing more slowly than anticipated. Despite this setback, Noland Arbo acknowledges that he wanted to carry out the experiment, which has an expiration date, because he will lose his ability to express himself once more after the chip is removed from his brain in five years.