Ashlee VanceNYT Best Seller | Reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek

How A Neuralink Implant Works

7 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this short excerpt from Ashlee Vance’s YouTube video, multiple speakers discuss the Neuralink N1 brain‑computer‑interface implant. Speaker C introduces the N1 implant, highlighting its ultra‑thin, flexible “thread” electrodes that are implanted in the brain’s movement‑planning region. Speakers A and B express personal excitement about the device’s ability to replace eye‑gaze control, allowing users to operate computers or smartphones directly with thought. They also envision social benefits, such as enabling families to play video games together without traditional input devices. The segment conveys both the technical novelty of the implant’s design and the anticipated quality‑of‑life improvements for users and their families.

I hope this is a game changer for you and your family. I am so excited to get this in my head and stop using eye gaze.
Sounds good. This could really be a really big difference. I don't know if you guys play video games with your dad and otherwise have some good times, you know?
So this is the implant that we call N1 implant. It has these really flexible thin wires, tiny wires that are called threads.
Each of these are about 1/5 of a human hair, so you can actually even touch them if you This is made possible by placing a small, cosmetically invisible implant in a part of your brain that plans movements. The device is designed to interpret your neural activity so you can operate a computer or smartphone by simply thinking about moving.