First patient fitted with Neuralink brain-computer interface insists it's 'broken'
The first human to have a Neuralink brain-computer interface fitted by Elon Musk's firm has spilled that it is "broken" and can be "hacked". Noland Arbaugh, a 31-year-old quadriplegic, managed to control a cursor on a computer screen using his thoughts as well as play games and communicate with friends thanks to the Neuralink device being fitted – but the programme ran into problems when his brain rejected many of the tendrils from the implant. Noland lost movement below his neck after a 2016 swimming accident and had the Neuralink chip fitted in January. He started off breaking world records ...