“We are pleased to announce the approval and launch of a new feasibility study for expanding the brain-computer interface (BCI) management with the N1 implant for a research assistive robotic arm,” Neuralink stated.
The company described this development as a significant first step toward restoring not only digital but also physical freedom.
Neuralink has been developing the brain-computer interface (BCI) since its inception in 2016, and after conducting animal trials, it successfully implanted its first BCI into a human volunteer earlier this year. In April, the company released a video showing volunteer Noland Arbo, who is paralyzed, using his thoughts to control a cursor to move chess pieces on a computer screen.