Neuralink’s first female patient, paralysed for 20 years, writes her name with mind
Crews writes her name, with 'telepathy', image: X (@NeuraNova9)Audrey Crews, the first female patient to have received Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip, announced that after 20 years of paralysis, she was able to write her name.Unable to move her limbs for the last 20 years, Crews was able to write her name, draw a banana and a cat, all through her mind after she underwent a surgery to implant the brain chip.Crews has regularly posted her journey through the process, with one of her tweets on July 26 – the day of the surgery – saying, “I would like to announce that I am P9. I am the first woman in the world with a Neuralink BCI. I can’t wait for the world to meet me and follow me on my journey.”A day later, she posted a photo of herself before and after the surgery, thanking Neuralink.Crews before and after, image: X (@NeuraNova9)On the same day, she posted an update that took the internet by storm. After 20 years, she was able to write her name. “I tried writing my name for the first time in 20 years. I’m working on it. Lol #Neuralink,” she posted.Recently, she has shared a number of her ‘work’, drawing an apple, a cat, a tree and a banana.On her X account, the latest post reads, “I want to thank each and everyone of you for all of the overwhelming positive support and feedback. I truly cant explain how much this means to me. For the last 20 years I’ve felt like a burden and had no purpose. I cant wait to see what the world has in store for me!!! Again Thank You!!!”
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| Crews writes her name, with 'telepathy', image: X (@NeuraNova9) |
Audrey Crews, the first female patient to have received Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip, announced that after 20 years of paralysis, she was able to write her name.
Unable to move her limbs for the last 20 years, Crews was able to write her name, draw a banana and a cat, all through her mind after she underwent a surgery to implant the brain chip.
Crews has regularly posted her journey through the process, with one of her tweets on July 26 – the day of the surgery – saying, “I would like to announce that I am P9. I am the first woman in the world with a Neuralink BCI. I can’t wait for the world to meet me and follow me on my journey.”
A day later, she posted a photo of herself before and after the surgery, thanking Neuralink.
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| Crews before and after, image: X (@NeuraNova9) |
On the same day, she posted an update that took the internet by storm. After 20 years, she was able to write her name.
“I tried writing my name for the first time in 20 years. I’m working on it. Lol #Neuralink,” she posted.
Recently, she has shared a number of her ‘work’, drawing an apple, a cat, a tree and a banana.
On her X account, the latest post reads, “I want to thank each and everyone of you for all of the overwhelming positive support and feedback. I truly cant explain how much this means to me. For the last 20 years I’ve felt like a burden and had no purpose. I cant wait to see what the world has in store for me!!! Again Thank You!!!”
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