{"id":185772,"date":"2024-03-22T14:25:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/1st-neuralink-patient-shown-using-brain-chip-to-control-computer-and-play-chess-in-unexpected-livestream"},"modified":"2024-03-22T14:25:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T19:25:32","slug":"1st-neuralink-patient-shown-using-brain-chip-to-control-computer-and-play-chess-in-unexpected-livestream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/1st-neuralink-patient-shown-using-brain-chip-to-control-computer-and-play-chess-in-unexpected-livestream","title":{"rendered":"1st Neuralink patient shown using brain chip to control computer and play chess in unexpected livestream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/1st-neuralink-patient-shown-using-brain-chip-to-control-computer-and-play-chess-in-unexpected-livestream2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first person with Neuralink\u2019s computer-linked chip implanted in the surface of their brain showed off their \u201ctelekinetic\u201d online chess-playing skills while discussing the \u201clife-changing\u201d procedure for the first time in a surprise livestream.<\/p>\n<p>Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old with quadriplegia (or paralysis that affects the body from the neck down), volunteered to have the device implanted as part of Neuralink\u2019s ongoing trial of the technology. Until now, his identity had remained a closely guarded secret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first person with Neuralink\u2019s computer-linked chip implanted in the surface of their brain showed off their \u201ctelekinetic\u201d online chess-playing skills while discussing the \u201clife-changing\u201d procedure for the first time in a surprise livestream. Noland Arbaugh, a 29-year-old with quadriplegia (or paralysis that affects the body from the neck down), volunteered to have the device [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1523,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-computing","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}