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Cocytus posted...

The 29-year-old complete quadriplegic shared that he had lost sensation and suffered paralysis from below the shoulders after sustaining a spinal injury during a diving accident eight years ago, and had felt compelled to volunteer for the trial out of an urge to be a part of something that he felt could change the world.

Throughout the livestream, Arbaugh could be seen using the Neuralink brain-computer interface (BCI) to control an on-screen cursor to play a game of digital chess, and pause music that had been playing in the background. Arbaugh also revealed that the implant had given him the freedom to pull an all-nighter playing the strategy game Sid Meiers Civilization 6 - something that he could not have done on his own before the surgery.

Cool that this quadriplegic patient is able to use this tech to play a game like this. Hopefully the tech could be applied to give people back the use of their limbs down the line. Such an application was discussed by Elon Musk. Would be great.