PARALYSED MAN TYPES WITH BRAIN!! Elon Musk's Neuralink Makes Breakthrough
The patient, paralyzed from the neck down due to a spinal injury, used the Neuralink N1 implant to control a cursor and type 20 words per minute solely through brain signals.
Elon Musk’s Neuralink announced a stunning milestone: its first human subject with a brain implant successfully “thought-typed” a message on a computer, a feat Musk dubbed “telepathy.” The patient, paralyzed from the neck down due to a spinal injury, used the Neuralink N1 implant to control a cursor and type 20 words per minute solely through brain signals. The announcement, made via Musk’s X platform, marks a leap forward in the company’s mission to merge human cognition with technology, offering hope to those with severe mobility limitations.
The procedure, part of Neuralink’s PRIME study, involved surgically implanting a coin-sized device with 1,024 electrodes across 64 ultra-thin threads into the patient’s motor cortex—the brain region tied to movement intention. These electrodes detect neural spikes, which an app translates into digital commands. In this case, the patient typed a short message—details of which weren’t disclosed—demonstrating real-time brain-computer interaction. Musk called it a “proof of concept,” envisioning a future where people like Stephen Hawking could communicate at unprecedented speeds.
Yet, the breakthrough isn’t without scrutiny. Neuralink’s earlier trials faced setbacks, including electrode detachment in its first subject, Noland Arbaugh, in 2024, requiring software fixes. Critics question the technology’s reliability and long-term safety, pointing to past animal testing controversies and the lack of peer-reviewed data on this latest success. Competitors like Synchron, using less invasive methods, have also enabled thought-based control, intensifying the race for commercialization.
For now, Neuralink’s achievement captivates the imagination—typing with thoughts could redefine communication for the paralyzed. But as the company plans to implant 20-30 more patients in 2025, the world watches: Is this the dawn of telepathy, or a bold step needing refinement?
