Neuralink hopes to test whether its brain implant chip can be used to control an articulated arm by thought. — Photography peterschreiber.media/Getty Images/AFP Relaxnews
Specializing in neurotechnologies, the American startup Neuralink has already made a name for itself by implanting a chip in a patient's brain, enabling them to interact with a computer by thought alone. The next step will be to see if this can be used to control an articulated arm. A fresh call for (human) guinea pigs has been launched.
Neuralink's next project seeks to enable patients to control a robotic arm simply by the power of their thoughts. This innovation follows on from the company's early successes with its pioneer patient, Noland Arbaugh, a quadriplegic man who was able to play computer chess with the power of his mind thanks to the implant in his brain.
