The first human to be seen using a brain implant was livestreamed on the social platform X on Wednesday. Neuralink’s social media account showed 29-year-old Noland Arbaugh playing online chess with his mind during a historic live video stream. He is paralyzed from the shoulders down after having survived a diving accident eight years ago. […]
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Elon Musk's brain-computer interface firm Neuralink has released a video of its first patient, Noland Arbaugh, controlling a computer cursor with his thoughts - is this the future?
How much of your childhood do you remember? I think of myself as having a pretty good memory, but the many years of my childhood exist in my mind as a handful of moments. Having kids has made me think a lot more about the memories we make and keep and how we often have very little control over what we retain and what we forget. The human brain can feel complex and mysterious, and even those of us who think we are good at remembering forget most of our lives. “Forgetting is the universal human...
On March 20, Elon Musk’s Neuralink revealed the identity of the first person to receive one of its brain implants — and the young man appears to be hugely grateful for the “life changing” technology. The background: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) translate signals in the brain into commands for machines, computers, and robotic limbs. While some brain signals can be detected noninvasively, with EEG headsets, implants installed inside the skull are vastly more powerful and precise. While...
A man paralyzed in a diving accident moved a computer cursor with his thoughts.
At its AI conference, Nvidia announced new software and hardware for AI-powered humanoid robots: a model called Project GR00T and a computer called Jetson Thor
In a livestream on X, the patient explained that he was using a device in his brain to move the cursor.
A golden retriever who lives in the Bahamas has seen dolphins plenty of times before, but last week she decided it was time to make friends with one. So, treating the ocean like a dog park, the pooch began to follow the dolphin all around a canal, barking and dog paddling as she tried to rope her sea buddy into a game of chase. — Read the rest
First aid supplies from Germany were dropped by parachute on Saturday over the embattled Gaza Strip as the German military starts its aid mission there, according to dpa information. The German Armed Forces or Bundeswehr deployed two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft stationed in France to the region. Each aircraft can transport up to 18 tons of cargo. The aircraft are flying from Jordan, which initiated the air drops. The United States and France are also taking part in the initiative. Aid...
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has told the Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, that he cannot be coerced into becoming her friend. Wike lambasted the Senator, accusing her of blackmailing him instead of communicating her problems through the right channels or better still focusing on her oversight functions. The former Rivers Governor stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja, stating that the lawmaker is aggrieved because the Senate President...
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