It doesn’t end at Neuralink
Neuralink patient Brad Smith uses his webcam connected to his mind-controlled computer to see the world to his left and right. | Photo: Jeven Dovey and Jake Viramontez / Insta360
Brad Smith said his decision to hook up a webcam to the computer he controls with his mind did not make sense to people at Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company.
"Neuralink was really confused with the idea," Smith told The Verge.
The decision came just six months after Smith's brain was implanted with a BCI in November 2024, making him the third person to receive a Neuralink device. Smith was the first Neuralink patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which has weakened his muscles for the past seven years. While the BCI successfully replaced his eye-tracking software as his primary way to control the cursor …