New video from Elon Musk's Neuralink claims monkey is playing Pong with his mind

Neuralink, the neurotechnology startup created by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, released a video that appears to show a monkey playing the video game Pong with only its brain. A video posted to YouTube demonstrates the Neuralink, brain implant technology aimed at helping people deal with devastating injuries, on Pager, a 9-year-old macaque. Neuralinks were placed on each side of Pager's brain, according to the video. The links track the parts of the brain focused on hand and arm movements and record the neural activity. Once that activity is decoded, the Neuralinks are able to predict the monkey's hand movements in real time.