Brad, a Neuralink implant recipient, works through initial calibration exercises with the medical team days after surgery. He imagines moving his left hand—shifting a car gear, holding a ball—to control a cursor on screen. The team emphasizes this is a marathon, not a sprint.
Hi. Hello, how are you? Good, how are you? Doing good. Wow. Looks fantastic. Looking awesome, Brad. How are you today?
So it looks like a plastic surgeon did the surgery because it's just so nice.
Yeah, this is looking great. We'll take the rest of the staples out.
I knew it was going to be a whirlwind, more or less. We went from having Neuralink at our home, working with Brad.
How's it going, Brad? Good to see you today.
A few hours in the morning and then again a few hours in the afternoon every day.
So the very first imagine motion we'll try is similar to driving a car stick shift. So you'll be imagining your left hand performing these actions.
The Neuralink is put in the motor cortex. Most everybody uses their hand to control a cursor, so they're trying to link up intended hand motions to control the cursor.
I would recommend as the next one you try that you imagine holding your hand almost over a ball.
The Neuralink crew is great. In and out. Oh, you got it. We're just trying to learn what we need to learn, and they keep saying it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Wow. A work of art on that downstroke. Yeah. Mommy.
He's tired of using your hand. Tired of using your hand.
It's just interesting to watch.
In my head, it's like, "Oh, he's controlling it with his eyes," 'cause that's how he's done everything for the last 4 years. He's doing this, but it's not with his eyes, and this is, like, amazing what this could become.
