What happened to the first one?
The article:
This positive news comes after the first patient ([Noland Arbaugh]) suffered major issues with his implant, with only 10-15% of the electrodes still working after receiving the implant in January. The issue of electrode threads retracting was apparently a known issue years prior already.
That sauce (linked article) is from the last update back in May. I haven’t heard a thing about his situation since then.
I think they’re keeping a lid on it because it’s not going well. They don’t want to dissuade future guinea pigs.
It stopped working, didn’t it? Did he ever get it replaced?
EDIT: No note on how he’s doing now, but I was right:
This positive news comes after the first patient ([Noland Arbaugh]) suffered major issues with his implant, with only 10-15% of the electrodes still working after receiving the implant in January. The issue of electrode threads retracting was apparently a known issue years prior already.
Same thing that happens to every brain implant. After a few months it gets rejected and breaks.
Every new story about brain implants is the same. They found some new way to make some device work, because it’s technically easy to interface with the brain. Then they shut up because 6 months later the quadriplegic they implanted is back to being a paper weight, if they’re lucky.