A Neuralink Patient Played ‘World of Warcraft’ With Power Of Thought
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A patient of Elon Musk’s Neuralink, who received a brain implant more than 100 days ago, is now playing World of Warcraft and calling his new abilities “pure magic.”
British Army veteran John Noble, one of the first volunteers to receive the Neuralink N1 implant, shared details of his experience using the brain-computer interface (BCI). According to Noble, the surgery was “surprisingly easy”: under general anesthesia, a small incision was made, after which a robotic system carefully inserted 1,024 ultra-thin threads into the motor cortex of his brain.
Noble went home the very next day. By the third day, he was feeling significantly better, and by the end of the first week, a small scar on his scalp had begun to fade. His real introduction to the device’s capabilities began in the second week, when he connected Neuralink to his MacBook. After calibration, Noble was able to control the cursor simply by thinking about the direction it was moving. By the third week, he says, it had become “second nature.”
On the 80th day after his surgery, Noble launched World of Warcraft for the first time and, after overcoming some difficulties with the controls, realized that the brain-computer interface was “pure magic.” “Now I raid and explore Azeroth hands-free at full speed—no mouse, no keyboard, just intention. Honestly, it’s amazing. The freedom is addictive,” the veteran boasted.
