Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old paralyzed in a diving accident, has become the first person to send a tweet using only his thoughts.
In another leap for neuroscience and assistive technology, Elon Musk’s Neuralink has achieved another milestone. Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old paralyzed in a diving accident, has become the first person to send a tweet using only his thoughts, thanks to Neuralink’s innovative brain implant.
“Twitter banned me because they thought I was a bot, @X, and @elonmusk reinstated me because I am,” Arbaugh quipped in his beautiful tweet.The Neuralink implant dubbed the “Telepathy” device, gives Arbaugh the unprecedented ability to control technology with his thoughts. Elon Musk enthusiastically shared Arbaugh’s tweet, calling it the “First ever post made just by thinking!”.
His enthusiasm is understandable, as we saw earlier this week the device allowed him to play a video game, Civilization VI, for eight hours straight – an ability he had lost. While acknowledging the system isn’t perfect, Arbaugh emphasizes, “it has already changed my life.”reports, Kip Ludwig, former neural engineering program director at the US National Institutes of Health, offers a balanced perspective.
Controversy has accompanied Neuralink’s progress. The FDA flagged record-keeping and animal welfare issues during recent inspections. Still, the ability to overcome paralysis with brain-computer interfaces marks a profoundly hopeful sign for the future of assistive technology.Elon Musk has boldly moved the goalposts even further. Neuralink’s next goal, the Blindsight device, is developing and promises to restore or even create vision.
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