Elon Musk’s company that develops brain chips neural linkhas begun its first human experiments in recent months. 29 year old paralyzed Noland Arbaugh The said young man was the first person to receive this chip. Afterwards, we saw that Arbaugh could do many things with the power of his mind, from posting on X to playing games.

Now there has been an important statement from Neuralink about the experiments. After Arbaugh’s first brain implant, the company became… There were some mechanical problems announced.

In the weeks after the operation, the device did not work as expected.

According to Neuralink’s statement, the cause of the problem may lie where the chip is placed in the brain. The company said some of the electrode wires implanted in his brain tissue began to disappear in the weeks after his surgery in January. Therefore, the device does not work as intended. transferred.

The brain-computer interface system developed by Neuralink aims to control devices such as computers through thoughts and thus help paralyzed patients. The system contains a total of 64 ‘wires’ that are thinner than a human hair. 1024 electrodes is available. The new statement shows us that some electrodes are not working and that there are problems in the first place.

At one point, the company even considered removing the implant entirely because of what had happened. However, he gave up because it posed no risk to Arbaugh’s health. Despite all this The system can be used approximately 8 hours per day. was expressed. We have already seen in the published videos that the patient successfully gained control of his brain. The company added that it has taken steps such as changing the recording algorithm, improving the user interface and improving techniques for converting signals into cursor movements.