Elon Musk’s company, Neuralink, is seeking applications for its second human trial testing stage. After the malfunctions encountered in the first stage of the trial, the applications for the next procedure are expected only five months later.
30-year-old Noland Arbaugh was the first human to experience the procedure of a brain chip implant. Yet, after just one week after the company admitted that the brain chip did not work as they had expected, Neuralink states that they have made the appropriate adjustments.
Noland Arbaugh, who has been paralyzed after a driving accident he had in 2016, stated “I didn’t have anything to wake up for in the morning, and this has changed that for me, (...) I was just very happy that I would be a part of something that I believe is so monumental. This is the next step forward of helping people with paralysis.”.
Neuralink announced that they are looking for more people like Noland Arbaugh, “If you have quadriplegia and want to explore new ways of controlling your computer, we invite you to participate in our clinical trial,” to start their second test trial.
The company’s goal is to help people who are paralyzed or blind to control smartphones or computers with their brains. Their brain chip takes up the information, interprets it, and delivers the right outcome for their users. Neuralink also states, “limited or no ability to use both hands due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).” Also says how brain chip works simply “to grant people the ability to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts alone,”.
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