A paralyzed man is challenging Neuralink’s monkey to a match of mind Pong - Nathan Copeland is a paralyzed man who received a chip implant six years ago that he regularly uses for video games. So, when Elon Musk's company, Neuralink showed off their monkey, Pager's ability to play Pong, Copeland immediately wondered if he could beat the simian. After issuing his challenge, Copeland began training with the Project:Pong application, playing his own first game of Mind Pong in the past week or two.

Nathan Copeland is a pioneering research subject for scientific experiments. In 2016, he regained a sense of touch after 10 years as scientists implanted a mind-controlled robotic hand. In breakthrough tests, Nathan Copeland was able to feel subtle pressure in his own fingers when the artificial ones are touched. That was the world first experiment which was an early step in the quest to create prosthetics that can feel. [News Link]