Neura Pod (All Things Neuralink)
Jun 16, 2026 · 12 min · 10 segments
Read more about Neuralink: https://www.neurapod.com/ Neura Pod is a series covering topics related to Neuralink, Inc. Topics such as brain-machine interfaces, brain injuries, and artificial…
But now that they've had some good practice in the lab, in rats, in pigs, sheep, monkeys, and dozens of humans, a lot of the initial risk is no longer present.
The way this works is the surgeon shaves the patient's head and cuts open a hole in the skull that's the size of a quarter.
Alongside the surgical robot, they expose the brain tissue, and the robot grabs these ultra-thin metal threads that are so thin that they become flexible.
Fortunately, because this is all being done by a robot, they can be extremely precise and use cameras to image the brain and avoid puncturing all the blood vessels.
For this voice trial, the implant is placed in the speech motor cortex region of the brain.
So although the actual threads and implant are basically the exact same for the paralyzed patients in the PRIME trial, The sensors on these metal threads are detecting the electric voltage spikes from the neurons that correspond to what the patient wants to say.
In other words, if their brain is telling their mouth, tongue, and larynx to say pickle or tarantula, you can steal that message and send it via Bluetooth to the computer for the AI to then say it for them.
But now that they've had some good practice in the lab, in rats, in pigs, sheep, monkeys, and dozens of humans, a lot of the initial risk is no longer present.
The way this works is the surgeon shaves the patient's head and cuts open a hole in the skull that's the size of a quarter.
Alongside the surgical robot, they expose the brain tissue, and the robot grabs these ultra-thin metal threads that are so thin that they become flexible.
Fortunately, because this is all being done by a robot, they can be extremely precise and use cameras to image the brain and avoid puncturing all the blood vessels.
For this voice trial, the implant is placed in the speech motor cortex region of the brain.
So although the actual threads and implant are basically the exact same for the paralyzed patients in the PRIME trial, The sensors on these metal threads are detecting the electric voltage spikes from the neurons that correspond to what the patient wants to say.
In other words, if their brain is telling their mouth, tongue, and larynx to say pickle or tarantula, you can steal that message and send it via Bluetooth to the computer for the AI to then say it for them.
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