🗣 Eoin Egan:

Diagnosed with MND in 2020, I lost movement and speech until fully paralysed
In Dec 2025, I received a Neuralink brain‑computer implant—now I can communicate and even control my wheelchair with my thoughts.
Early days, but a step back toward independence

🗣 Jake Schneider:

One year ago today, I received my Neuralink implant.

Most anniversaries in my life these days revolve around ALS. Milestones I never asked for. Reminders of what this disease has taken.

Today is different.

Today is an anniversary of strength. An anniversary of courage. An anniversary of possibility.

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to help develop telepathic 10-finger typing, work on technology that could allow someone to control a wheelchair with their brain, and even help advance systems that allow a robotic arm to mimic physical movements through thought alone 🧠

As I reflect on this milestone, I can’t help but think about Nick. He was one of my biggest advocates and supporters. He believed in me, fought for me, and encouraged me every step of the way. I wish he were here to see what we’ve accomplished together, but I know he’s been with me through all of it.

This past year hasn’t just changed my life. It has shown what’s possible for millions of people living with paralysis, ALS, spinal cord injuries, and other conditions that rob people of their independence.

The technology is evolving faster than most people realize, and I truly believe we’re witnessing the start of something that will change countless lives forever.

One year down. And the future has never looked more exciting.

NEURALINK: First flyover of the Neuralink Campus construction site in the beautiful countryside of Del Valle, Texas, on June 13th, 2026.

Enjoy!

Happy belated birthday to Neuralink

Beyond Gaming: Neuralink's Roadmap for Paraplegia and Motor Control

Elon says Neuralink may try direct human-to-human communication by reading their thoughts.

This would be a game changer. When we speak, our thoughts have to be compressed down into words.

Then the recipient has to uncompress the thoughts in their own mind. Hopefully, they uncompress it in the way it was intended.

With direct Neuralink-to-Neuralink communication, the raw thoughts could be delivered.

This would drastically improve communication accuracy, precision, and efficiency.

Neuralink: From neural signals to life-changing impact.

The dura is the brain's armor: a membrane so tough that a surgeon normally cuts through it with a scalpel. For the first time in our clinical trials, we inserted the electrode threads of our implant straight through the dura and into the cortex, keeping the dura intact.

This isn't easy. The dura can be over 10x thicker than our electrode threads, which are thinner than a human hair. The brain beneath it is constantly moving, and the membrane hides the very blood vessels we need to avoid.

Performing micron-precision insertions under these conditions took extensive engineering work and preclinical study to develop and validate advanced transdural imaging and insertion techniques.

We like to say “the best step is no step” and deleting the durectomy takes one of the most delicate manual steps out of the procedure. This potentially means a safer, more repeatable surgery, and a real path to scaling Neuralink to the many people who could benefit.

This first-of-its-kind procedure was performed at University Health Network Toronto Western Hospital as part of our clinical trials. The participant was controlling a cursor with their thoughts within an hour of surgery, and recovery is progressing as expected.

Neuralink devices are investigational and have not been approved by the FDA or other regulatory authorities. This video features voluntary clinical trial participants sharing their personal experiences, which may not reflect all participants or future outcomes.

Keeping the dura intact is a big break-through!

Neuralink has announced they've completed their first surgery where they've inserted the electrode threads through the dura.

This is a huge deal because it eliminates the manual step of a human neurosurgeon cutting open the dura and instead allows Neuralink's custom robot to perform more of the work. This should reduce complications.

As the team scales up to implanting devices in millions and billions of people, reliance on precision robots will be necessary.

This surgery was performed in Toronto, Canada in May 2026 and trials are ongoing globally.

Join the Patient Registry at neuralink.com/trials/

🗣 Peter Hague:

I think people are still not clocking what this company is going to do, because Elons other companies are much bigger and flashier.

Mass rollout of brain machine interfaces is going to have huge medical implications, as well as perhaps lifestyle ones.