Brad G. Smith, an ALS patient, regains communication abilities with a Neuralink implant, illustrating the potential of brain-computer interfaces in aiding speech impairments.

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A man afflicted with ALS has become the first person in the world to control an Amazon Alexa digital assistant through his thoughts — thanks to a brain implant created by a New York-based ...

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In the next 12 months, the number of people with a brain-computer interface is set to double. Share. Resize. Listen (1 min) Synchron’s implant is placed inside a blood vessel in the brain.

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An Arizona man has become the third person in the world to receive Neuralink's brain implant – letting him 'speak' again in his own voice. Brad Smith has ALS, a progressive disease that makes ...

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