18 months after surgery, Elon Musk's first brain disc patient Mario Kart and plans to start a business

Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get a brain disc implant by Elon Musk’s Neuralink, shared how the new technology changed its life 18 months after surgery. Remarkably, Arbouught disrupted two of his vertebrae during a swimming accident in 2016 and lost the sensation and movement under his shoulders. Arbaugh received the implant in 2024 where a surgical robot drilled a coin -sized hole in his cull and the neuranlink chip, which connected more than 1,000 electrodes to the neurons in his brain. The device detects and decodes electrical signals in its rrains and translates them into digital commands. You may be interested in the Brain Computer Interface (BCI), Arbaugh are able to control his computer and do things like playing Mario Kart, control his television and turn his air purifier on and off without moving other parts in his body. In a new interaction with Fortune, Arbaugh talked about the transformative experience with the neuralink device. He allegedly uses the device about ten hours a day to control his computer so he can study, read and play. Arbaugh also enrolled for classes at his community college in Arizona and also wants to start his own business, a paid professional talk and live talks. Arbaugh also talked about his condition before surgery and said, ‘I would stay with all night and sleep all day, and I didn’t really have [want to] Bother someone or destroy any plans or get in the way of something, “” I just had no purpose … I just went through the motions and waited for something to happen. “He has added over the past 18 months that Arbaugh has obtained a lot of autonomy he lost because of his disability and is now able to do more things for himself. “I feel like I have potential again. I think I always had potential, but now I find a way to fulfill that potential in meaningful ways. It’s very different. “He added whether he was worried about the first patient during a clinical trial, he said it was an easy decision for him. However, Arbaugh did not speak publicly about the incident because he wanted the neuralink team to find out what went wrong and how to recover it, what they did.” But I still see myself as an ordinary guy. ” He added