Paralysed woman writes her name after 20 years, thanks to Elon Musk’s brain chip
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A woman's name scrawled in violet on a laptop screen marks a groundbreaking moment in neurotechnology. Audrey Crews, paralyzed for two decades, has written her name using only her thoughts, thanks to Elon Musk's Neuralink brain-computer interface.
Crews, the first woman to receive the implant, shared her achievement on social media: "I tried writing my name for the first time in 20 years. I'm working on it. Lol #Neuralink."
The chip, about the size of a quarter, was surgically inserted into Crews' motor cortex. While it doesn't restore physical mobility, it allows her to control digital interfaces through brain signals alone.
Another participant, Nick Wray, expressed his enthusiasm after just three days with the implant: "I haven't had this level of digital autonomy in years."
Neuralink's PRIME Study aims to help people with neurological conditions communicate and interact with technology, potentially revolutionizing how humans interface with computers in the future.
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