Implantable “communication” is now possible with Neuralink

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A new NeuraLink demonstration has just shown that what for decades seemed like science fiction is already happening in the real world, people who lost movement, speech and autonomy are interacting with the world again using only thoughts.

In the new video released by the company, participants in clinical trials show how Neuralink's brain implant is transforming neural signals into concrete actions, moving a computer cursor, controlling assistive robotic arms, writing messages on electronic devices and communicating, all without using hands, voice or physical movements, only with mental intention.

The company's first system is called Telepathy, the proposal is simple to understand and revolutionary to execute, when a person thinks about moving something, the brain generates electrical signals, in healthy individuals, these signals continue through the spinal cord and reach the body. But when injuries or illnesses interrupt that path, the intention still exists, just trapped inside the mind.

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Neuralink tries to rebuild that bridge, the implant captures brain signals and translates them into digital commands, then thought returns to produce action, the stories presented in the video are profound; One participant states that before the implant he was non-verbal, quadriplegic and extremely limited, now he manages to control the computer just by thinking.

Another describes the excitement of moving a robotic arm again and recovering functions that he thought were lost forever, but perhaps one of the most shocking moments involves patients with a disease that progressively steals their voice and movement. In the video, a participant communicates through the brain interface, transmitting phrases only with his mind. It is as if technology returned a voice that the body could no longer express. This reveals something powerful.

Many times the problem is not in the human mind, but in the path between the mind and the world, when that connection is restored, entire capabilities can reappear. The company also talked about the next step, a system called Blind Side, created to try to restore visual perception, even to people who have lost eyes or the optic nerve by sending visual information directly to the brain. If it works, this can open a new frontier in medicine because it would dialogue directly with the central system that interprets all human experience. Of course, there are still enormous technical, ethical and medical challenges, but one thing is already clear, brain-computer interfaces are no longer a distant promise, they have already begun to change lives.

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