'" It's mindblowing - you can see the level of control that he has,' said Harith Akram, a neurosurgeon and lead of the UCLH trial."
"One of the first British patients to receive Elon Musk's controversial brain-computer implant has described what it is like to live with the futuristic chip.
"Sebastian Gomez-Pena is taking part in the first UK clinical trial of the Neuralink device, which allows users to control a computer using only their thoughts.
"The former medical student, who was left paralysed from the neck down after a devastating accident two years ago, told Sky News: 'It is a massive change in your life where you can suddenly no longer move any of your limbs.
"'This kind of technology kind of gives you a new piece of hope.'
"The billionaire tech tycoon has suggested the implant could one day be rolled out to the general public, saying his ultimate ambition is to create a mass-market brain-computer interface that would directly link human minds with powerful machines to achieve 'symbiosis with artificial intelligence'.
"Mr Gomez-Pena, a keen cellist and rugby player, was in his third year of medical school when, aged 21, he dived into shallow water on holiday and struck his head, causing permanent spinal cord damage.
"He is now one of seven participants in the UK trial assessing the safety and reliability of the device in severely paralysed patients.
"Neuralink has said its mission is to 'restore autonomy to those with unmet medical needs and unlock new dimensions of human potential'." . . . More illustrations here.
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