THE wheelchair-bound man beams as he watches the blinking cursor move over the chessboard on his laptop screen.
Noland Arbaugh is powering the cursor with his mind and his delight is almost palpable. “It’s like using the force,” the 29-year-old quadriplegic says, referring to the mystical galactic power harnessed by the Jedi Knights of Star Wars.
In his case, however, it’s thanks to a chip implanted in his brain by Elon Musk’s startup Neuralink.
Nolan, who was paralysed from the shoulders down in a diving accident eight years ago, volunteered to be part of human trials to test the chip.
The firm recently
