Neuralink completed the first successful brain implant after the man received a drunk phone call

Noland Arbaugh became the first person to receive a Neuralink brain chip implant after he received a drunk phone call from his friend. From the moment he applied, it took five months until the surgery took place. The quadriplegic received the implant after receiving a drunk call from a friend.

Elon Musk's company Neuralink has successfully completed its first brain implant on a human. Noland Arbaugh appeared to move a cursor across a laptop screen with just his thoughts. Arbaugh, who is paralyzed below his shoulders, was able to move the cursor across the screen with thoughts.

The other patients who received brain chips YEARS before Neuralink. Elon Musk announced early results from human trials of Neuralink this week. Here are the stories of five other people who received a brain-computer interface first. The chip is not the first brain chip, but it was developed years ago.