In March, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink introduced its first human trial participant, a quadriplegic who showed the world how he could control a computer cursor with just his thoughts. Most Read from The Wall Street JournalHere’s a look at its device, how it works and similar ones from rivals. The go-ahead demonstrates that the agency is comfortable with fixes Neuralink has proposed for a problem with the first participant’s implant. That participant, Noland Arbaugh, noticed about a month after his January surgery that the performance of his Neuralink implant had declined. Write to Peter Champelli at peter.champelli@wsj.com and Rolfe Winkler at Rolfe.Winkler@wsj.comMost Read from The Wall Street Journal

Source: Wall Street Journal August 04, 2024 13:11 UTC