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Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind (futurism.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This technology is evolving so fast it wont be long and a non invasive wearable will be able to do exactly the same.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Still around, too: https://www.gtec.at/product-configurator/unicorn-brain-interface/

$1,200 US entry price might seem a bit steep for a "fancy game controller/keyboard" to the able-bodied, but the QOL improvements for disabled people easily eclipse that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I saw colleagues using a more robust device ~9 years ago, and it was bonkers. Completely puts Neuralink to shame.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

EEG can’t input analog inputs, neurololink is accomplishing an entirely different tech, so that’s quite literally impossible. Sorry.