Audrey Crews, paralysed from the neck down since a 2005 car crash, has become the first woman in the world to control a computer with her mind using Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip.
Crews received the implant earlier this month during surgery at the University of Miami Health Centre. Surgeons inserted over 100 threads into her motor cortex, connecting the coin-sized device to Neuralink’s software via Bluetooth.
She shared a video on X showing herself writing her name digitally for the first time in two decades. “I tried writing my name for the first time in 20 years. I’m working on it. Lol,” she wrote. “I am the first woman in the world to do this.”
Crews, the ninth Neuralink recipient, can now draw pictures, scroll a mouse and type on a keyboard using only her thoughts. She’s also taking drawing requests from social media users and playing simulation games to test her accuracy and speed.
“Imagine your pointer finger is left click and the cursor is with your wrist, without physically doing it,” she explained. “Just a normal day using telepathy.”
Elon Musk responded to the post, saying: “She is controlling her computer just by thinking. Most people don’t realise this is possible.”
While the implant doesn’t restore movement, Crews hopes to use the technology to write a book about her experience. Asked if she ever imagined this kind of communication again, she replied: “Not in all my wildest dreams, but the future is here.”
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