As a patient, video with Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip

The first non -verbal neuralink patient who receives the chip implant offers an insight into the use of technology processing and telling a YouTube video with signals from its brain.

Brad Smith is the third person in the world who receives a brain chip implant with Elon Musk's Neuralink and the first person.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that mainly influences motorurons – the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, which are responsible for the control of the voluntary muscle movement. Over time, patients lose voluntary control of muscle movements and influence their ability to speak, eat, move and breathe independently.

Smith posted a video on YouTube last week, which shows how he uses his brain implant in everyday life.

He explained how the brain computer interface (BCI) enables brain signals to control the mouse on his MacBook Pro to edit the video. He said he was the first with Neuralink or a BCI.

The implant that is applied in its motorcortex has approximately the size of five stacked quarters and contains more than 1,000 electrodes. Smith said that neuralink does not read constant stream of his thoughts, but interprets the brain signals, which indicates how and where he wants to move the cursor. While he first tried to move his hand to control the cursor, it ultimately turned out to be more effective for him to think about moving his tongue and baking his jaw together to check the cursor and practically click on the mouse.

AI was also used for Smith from Smith's recordings before losing his ability to create a synthetic version of his voice, which made it possible for him to effectively tell the video in his own voice.

In a separate video by reporter and Musk biographer Ashlee Vance, Musk Smith called at home during a visit to Smith's team.

“I hope this is a player for you and your family,” said Musk.

“I look forward to getting this in my head and listening to the use of eye-gauze,” said Smith through his computer. Smith said in his video last week that he used the eye-gauze technology for communication, but the technology was limited to dark rooms. Neuralinks implant, he said, has it communicated outdoors and in different lighting.

The Neuralink implant also enables Smith to play video games with his children, with the film material “Mario Kart” playing.

“It took years until I came here and I still collapse and cry,” Smith told Vance for his core memory of the Substack Publication. “It is really nice to have a purpose greater than me. I am very happy to serve others with this work in the future.”

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Neuralink, which was previously tested for monkeys, implanted his device for the first time in a person in January 2024. Noland Arbaugh, a Temcriplegian who became the first human patient of the company, said beforehand that the implant helped him to regain independence and control in his life and to establish new social connections.