Neuralink said part of its brain implant malfunctioned in the weeks following its first in-human procedure

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Important Takeaways:

  • The company has built a brain-computer interface that could help patients with paralysis control external technologies with their minds.
  • Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink on Wednesday said part of its brain implant malfunctioned after it put the system in a human patient for the first time.
  • Neuralink has built a brain-computer interface, or a BCI, that could eventually help patients with paralysis control external technology using only their minds.
  • The company’s system, called the Link, records neural signals using 1,024 electrodes across 64 “threads” that are thinner than a human hair, according to its website.
  • In January, Neuralink implanted the device in a 29-year-old patient named Noland Arbaugh.
  • A number of threads have retracted from Arbaugh’s brain, Neuralink said in a blog post on Wednesday

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