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Watch brain implant help man ‘speak’ for the first time in 15 years

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180 Comments

  1. Johnny Wadd

    August 4, 2021 at 1:41 pm

    Easing the public into accepting brain & hand implants.

  2. Andrei

    August 4, 2021 at 1:42 pm

    People are gonna beam advertisements into your brain? Someone’s been watching Futurama 😂😂

  3. Rick Deckard

    August 4, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    Imagine implanting Steven Hawking that would be the real Professor X.

    • CNET

      August 4, 2021 at 5:52 pm

      🤯

  4. Ezra Mantini

    August 4, 2021 at 2:14 pm

    Cyberpunk reality

  5. Kyle Foster

    August 4, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    Technology helping people live better lives. Hats off to the people who helped make this a possibility‼️ 👏🏻

  6. JUR O

    August 4, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    💆this systems dont work , IT dont say what i think…
    💻Hello how are you.
    💆Please get IT off, this is ridicolous
    💻Hello, im happy now

    Still, intersting tech, even if the monkey pong thing can be without implant, except that the monkey plays IT Uber smooth….
    Compared to like the HP systems they built for the space wheelchair Guy who was of course also paralysed this systems would be heaven. And so fast and more pleasent to use, even making comunication possible on a pretty normal way.

  7. Bigtruckseriesreview Motorsports

    August 4, 2021 at 2:29 pm

    I want my Brain to have USBC

  8. lidoz

    August 4, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    His name is Davis Mosses!

  9. jptech05

    August 4, 2021 at 3:07 pm

    👏🏽🔥👏🏽

  10. Moo Moo

    August 4, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    If this get more advanced you could potentially have telepathic communication between two people, no screens needed

  11. ChyroBeast

    August 4, 2021 at 3:29 pm

    The way I think about it is it takes words that are figuratively on the tip of your tongue.

  12. 15Stratos

    August 4, 2021 at 3:48 pm

    Neuralink by far,once it becomes fully developed it could enable telepathy

  13. Aron B

    August 4, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    Not bad but i wouldnt allow any man or machine read my brain activity.

  14. adamsrealm

    August 4, 2021 at 3:57 pm

    Oh great… a technology that can be used to police _thought crimes_ and _wrong think_

    Terrific job guys…

  15. Jonathan Diaz

    August 4, 2021 at 4:14 pm

    Amazing

  16. Scott Shafer

    August 4, 2021 at 5:09 pm

    Brah, they jacked this guy into the Matrix.

  17. vara prasad reddy D

    August 4, 2021 at 5:13 pm

    All we asked is to have YouTube without adds and cringe YouTube shorts.
    But syke, you did this

    Still i appreciate you
    Peace 🤘

  18. ItsJustKimber

    August 4, 2021 at 5:21 pm

    This literally looks like The Matrix!!

  19. Andy Altman

    August 4, 2021 at 5:51 pm

    What’s the most exciting 🧠 tech you’ve seen?

    • MaskBoy

      August 5, 2021 at 12:24 pm

      idk

    • Pikachu QwQ

      August 5, 2021 at 2:32 pm

      Nfsw

    • Chad

      August 6, 2021 at 11:25 am

      Fleshlight

    • Gandara

      August 6, 2021 at 1:44 pm

      Your moms

    • MaskBoy

      August 6, 2021 at 4:49 pm

      @Gandara OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • MaskBoy

      August 7, 2021 at 9:37 am

      @ThanoSalt whats that

    • ThanoSalt

      August 7, 2021 at 9:45 am

      @MaskBoy it’s a neuroprostetics company founded by Elon Musk. He plans on manufacturing small chips which can be inserted into the brain, allowing people with disabilities have no trace of their disability. E.g someone is paralysed bc somewhere in their brain is unresponsive to spinal movement, that could easily be fixed with neuralink.

    • MaskBoy

      August 7, 2021 at 9:48 am

      @ThanoSalt ohhh, thats very interesting

    • ThanoSalt

      August 7, 2021 at 9:51 am

      @MaskBoy the company has tested neuralink on a monke and a Guinea pig.

    • MaskBoy

      August 7, 2021 at 9:54 am

      @ThanoSalt wait i remember seeing a news article about that

    • rengetsu08

      August 8, 2021 at 8:30 am

      For me it is how humans conscious work. It is a technology that is not yet understood and replicated perfectly.

    • Mr. Black

      August 8, 2021 at 10:00 am

      *Deeznuts.*

    • Thinuka Wijerathne

      August 8, 2021 at 10:56 am

      Computer 🖥

    • James Hood

      August 8, 2021 at 1:43 pm

      Neuralink

    • Hardcore Panda

      August 8, 2021 at 6:07 pm

      TikTok

    • Mega Raph

      August 9, 2021 at 3:22 am

      @Thinuka Wijerathne Agreed. Pretty much overlooked nowadays with so much new tech being released.

    • Praba Garan

      August 9, 2021 at 3:41 am

      @Chad

      My boiiiii

    • kansasthunderman1

      August 9, 2021 at 4:23 am

      Biden needs to get one of these implants so he can speak like he’s awake.

    • BenjieYT

      August 9, 2021 at 5:47 am

      Neuralink by Elon

    • M.I. Haris

      August 9, 2021 at 11:41 pm

      Well from my POV it’s the brain itself😅

    • Clint Earl Pomicpic✔

      August 10, 2021 at 11:00 am

      Supermilker

    • Sam sp

      August 10, 2021 at 12:05 pm

      Cochlear implant

    • that's SO ironic!!

      August 10, 2021 at 12:05 pm

      i remember when a dude solved his own color blindness with a brain implant. very much reminds me of this.

    • James

      August 10, 2021 at 5:27 pm

      @ThanoSalt and pigs

    • ThanoSalt

      August 10, 2021 at 6:05 pm

      @Hardcore Panda Tik Tok is fascinatingly bad.

  20. Captain Picard

    August 4, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    This is how technology should be used. To better people’s lives. When something like this happens, the entire world changes.

  21. Gravity Slave

    August 4, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    There an implant that’ll stop my wife from talking?

  22. Jaztine Jimenez

    August 4, 2021 at 8:15 pm

    Black Mirror episodes coming to life

  23. Gareth Tomlinson

    August 4, 2021 at 10:02 pm

    Great work. Science for the win!

  24. ibraviragazzi

    August 4, 2021 at 10:08 pm

    Really interesting study! When will the study be strengthened in the university age?

  25. KillerTacos

    August 4, 2021 at 10:29 pm

    This is incredible! Eventually we’ll get to the point where this can be done instantaneously and the person can freely move around! Absolutely insane

  26. Jerry Tiberlake

    August 5, 2021 at 2:43 am

    I first saw this type tech from tv series House, but it’s only like yes/no question.. damn we gone so far from that

  27. Jay Shank 007

    August 5, 2021 at 5:24 am

    Time to bring Ryzen into the table..

  28. Oliver

    August 5, 2021 at 9:15 am

    I’m telling you guys, we’ll see telepathic communication in our life time.

  29. Tafsir Nahian

    August 5, 2021 at 11:32 am

    Imagine pormhub ad directly injected to your brain

  30. NOLA187SKILLS

    August 5, 2021 at 3:18 pm

    Amazing.

  31. ricky heath

    August 5, 2021 at 3:48 pm

    *Children of the Omnissiah intensifies*

  32. Marlon Abeykoon

    August 5, 2021 at 4:01 pm

    Imagine Eminem using this.

  33. Lando129

    August 5, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    Scientists: *Create new technology.*
    Conspiracy Theorists: Allow me to introduce myself.

  34. Lando129

    August 5, 2021 at 4:14 pm

    Of course a new wonderful technology comes out to help the mute “speak” and people are already thinking MIND CONTROL.

  35. Fuse

    August 5, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    If he doesn’t start singing chug jug with you I’m gonna nuke North America

  36. Crypto

    August 5, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    If he doesn’t start singing chug jug with you I’m gonna nuke North America

  37. oediHamijoK

    August 5, 2021 at 11:23 pm

    Elon.Again.Predicted.Was.Right.

  38. Merrow

    August 6, 2021 at 12:21 am

    *Valve theme plays*

  39. Prince Hassan

    August 6, 2021 at 1:30 am

    First, like after hundreds of other successful tries?! This is such an inaccurate report, almost useless reporting. Thanks for wasting our time.

  40. pluggedev

    August 6, 2021 at 4:52 am

    The matrix- he’s plugged in

  41. Timothy Murnane

    August 6, 2021 at 10:42 am

    There are also millions of people who don’t flaunt a cheap Washburn with a pink guitar pick, but nobody’s perfect.

  42. Ka Kiu Kung

    August 6, 2021 at 11:23 am

    Matrix:

  43. Aphoenixshallrise

    August 6, 2021 at 11:29 am

    And so it begins

  44. Kim MinUng

    August 6, 2021 at 11:51 am

    대박

  45. Jason Smith

    August 6, 2021 at 11:52 am

    And now it has started. SUPERHUMAN MODES!

  46. Rahul Mathew

    August 6, 2021 at 12:31 pm

    one day we can nake a blind man see. a camera will capture the video and sends to the brain just like eyes do.

  47. Treb Miguel Manglangit

    August 6, 2021 at 12:46 pm

    First step for Real life SAO

  48. Retro Cat

    August 6, 2021 at 1:21 pm

    Cyberpunk 2021

  49. Jason Sebring

    August 6, 2021 at 1:51 pm

    Neuralink has waaaay more sensors than this utah array approach and I have no doubt the high throughput will easily match human speech rates and beyond.

  50. Glenn Danzig carrying a box of cat litter

    August 6, 2021 at 2:11 pm

    Holyshit..

  51. Soham Purav

    August 6, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    Echo IRL

  52. Andrew Kimani

    August 6, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    Love him or hate him, Elon Musk has pushed the grounds of what is possible today. Whether by his own accord or assembling the right group of people, he’s a champion of innovation.

  53. Dimitrij Maslov

    August 6, 2021 at 9:42 pm

    .

  54. Dimitrij Maslov

    August 6, 2021 at 9:43 pm

    .just translate it into Braille, Morse.

  55. Vintage Electronics

    August 6, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    This is the beginning of how they will control you.

  56. Nikola Tesla

    August 6, 2021 at 11:43 pm

    That means u can’t lie???.

  57. Nana Addo

    August 7, 2021 at 11:34 am

    👍👍👍

  58. Stjepan Gorera

    August 7, 2021 at 12:08 pm

    Thank you Facebook on helping people who are in need thats will money served for…

  59. dereck brajevich

    August 7, 2021 at 12:37 pm

    That next brain device they use for VR now could be in alternative to surgery in some cases.

  60. Tetra3Ne56scur

    August 7, 2021 at 12:59 pm

    Like Elon’s Neurolink

  61. Zenith Quasar

    August 7, 2021 at 1:37 pm

    Wow, this is some amazing work!

  62. Subarashi-Sama

    August 7, 2021 at 1:49 pm

    this is scary really scary

  63. Nick B

    August 7, 2021 at 1:49 pm

    Congrats guys, this is huge stuff! What a project to work on… giving people back their voice!

  64. Pixel KING

    August 7, 2021 at 2:11 pm

    Their doing it now with the New Apple Security feature

  65. Paul

    August 7, 2021 at 2:43 pm

    Decades behind neuralink

  66. Micah Penney

    August 7, 2021 at 3:37 pm

    Imagine if we did more of this and less of sending rich people to space.

  67. Eddie Thegreat

    August 7, 2021 at 3:54 pm

    Wow that is awesome 👏👏👏👏

  68. David Le

    August 7, 2021 at 3:56 pm

    I see a Linux terminal there

  69. Marsorry Ickua

    August 7, 2021 at 4:08 pm

    My key take away is how much I hate Facebook’s privacy stuff every time their name is mentioned! 😡 I don’t care if they buy the Vatican – shady folks, nothing will redeem them for me. But that’s just me!

  70. Lolzipop

    August 7, 2021 at 5:47 pm

    CNET: Wow such technology
    Me: hehe if you screw on the red faucet handle he’ll look like the Valve man

    • Matthew Marcus

      August 7, 2021 at 11:30 pm

      Lol, I noticed that as well

  71. Vaibhav Verma

    August 7, 2021 at 7:08 pm

    Oh elon musk u are brilliant

  72. Phoenix Down

    August 7, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    valve logo became real now.

  73. W.E

    August 7, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    How do they stop infections on the head

  74. EMPTINEES CREATION

    August 7, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    ✌️

  75. Ovan61

    August 7, 2021 at 9:21 pm

    👍📺👀

  76. Gaurav Vikalp

    August 7, 2021 at 10:24 pm

    Oh boy, when y’all mentioned Facebook, I got really scared. Thank God Facebook is not involved anymore.

  77. 0wninguplz

    August 7, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    this is insane

  78. theoldguy gildarts

    August 8, 2021 at 12:15 am

    Science 💪

  79. V Man

    August 8, 2021 at 1:02 am

    just think about how one day we might even learn a different language within a few minutes

  80. Destiny Vellis

    August 8, 2021 at 1:10 am

    Stop normalizing this please

  81. danooth 89

    August 8, 2021 at 11:55 am

    Trying to control human behavior

  82. Tim Flohr

    August 8, 2021 at 1:59 pm

    The music is distracting

  83. Think Cubey // Dr.Shulker

    August 8, 2021 at 2:17 pm

    Dude, the future is closer than I thought

  84. jo cloud

    August 8, 2021 at 2:28 pm

    scientist decoding brain activoty,I see ubintu’s terminal

  85. Venture Pictures

    August 8, 2021 at 2:54 pm

    “It’s worth noting Facebook funded this study” ……

    Ahhh … I see now lol 😂

  86. skiF

    August 8, 2021 at 2:59 pm

    So basically they record the pattern of activity associated with what ever word list he was reading and use AI to match words with those patterns to then decode what word the person is trying to say?

  87. Vaibhav Pandita

    August 8, 2021 at 3:16 pm

    Never thought Moses would secretly be a doctor

  88. TGFTH

    August 8, 2021 at 3:57 pm

    This is where Matrix begin

  89. Montgomery Hill

    August 8, 2021 at 4:53 pm

    This is how we get Borgs…….sigh.

  90. Jerry James Mccorkle

    August 8, 2021 at 5:48 pm

    Good for those who can’t speak I like it

  91. Truck Taxi

    August 8, 2021 at 6:00 pm

    ‘Speak’

  92. Hardcore Panda

    August 8, 2021 at 6:06 pm

    I am looking forward to more innovative TikTok like apps.

  93. philip dias

    August 8, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    We are borg!

  94. Donald Harlan

    August 8, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    Those people that are featured in the video are evil. They only intend to use the technology for torturing/interrogating people/hostages. They need to be destroyed.

  95. Demar comedies

    August 8, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    Wow 😳 that’s cool

  96. Simpitriy Cuckinchenko

    August 8, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    Yes! Next, an implant to control a mecha-suit 😎

  97. Gilbert Boye

    August 8, 2021 at 9:00 pm

    What would we do without electricity.

  98. Abuajela Tamimi

    August 8, 2021 at 10:29 pm

    Good job for all of us

  99. Bannicus

    August 8, 2021 at 11:53 pm

    The people calling this mind reading are glued to social media, already having their mind read through their behaviour and conversations, but freak out about something useful.

  100. 57X37Z H

    August 9, 2021 at 12:08 am

    Amazing – like see them fix memory loss and dementia 🤔…

  101. Aaron Jennings

    August 9, 2021 at 12:37 am

    Seems hopeful.

  102. Luke Smith

    August 9, 2021 at 1:18 am

    Amazing technology

  103. Moe Kid

    August 9, 2021 at 1:27 am

    He looks like linus

  104. The Observer

    August 9, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Play games with your hands chillin would be awesome.

  105. Nikit Kashyap

    August 9, 2021 at 5:22 pm

    Cyberpunk 2021.

  106. Maximus Primus

    August 9, 2021 at 5:57 pm

    Morphious?

  107. BillionSkydiver

    August 9, 2021 at 6:14 pm

    Beam advertisements 😂

  108. Jasc Random

    August 9, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    *”From the moment i understood the weakness of my flesh it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither and you will beg my kind to save. But i’m already saved, for the machine is immortal. Even in death i serve the Omnissiah”*

  109. H Lim

    August 9, 2021 at 6:45 pm

    I feel like this will be eaten by neuralink

  110. Lanchester Naanyane

    August 9, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    Neuralink is probably recruiting all of these guys now.

  111. TheRealBenjamin

    August 9, 2021 at 6:59 pm

    Bravo 1 good name for a experiment 👏 let that man be free

  112. XjawFann23

    August 9, 2021 at 7:01 pm

    Wait? Then what is the tech that enables Stephan Hawking to speak ? Isn’t this already invented ?

  113. tanhouzer

    August 9, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    Ok. Let’s test it…
    “Are you feeling cold?”

    Man Answers: “cold? We got blankets for only $10, shipping is free”

    Doctor: “Did you use alexa programing to our patient again?”

    Programmer: “SIRI is dumb, what do you want me to do?”

  114. chelly jelly

    August 9, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    Scary

  115. Glenn Knauer

    August 9, 2021 at 8:30 pm

    I read somewhere a head transplant had been accomplished. Next up cyborgs.

  116. UA

    August 9, 2021 at 9:03 pm

    Incoming conspiracy nuts that will say that this is a way to control people lol

  117. Ashis Roy

    August 9, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    Why do they need a connector hole? They can do it with NFC RFID.

  118. Kspratt! Spratt

    August 9, 2021 at 9:55 pm

    Prove that he couldn’t talk for 15 years

  119. Almighty ♛

    August 9, 2021 at 10:40 pm

    I would probably say something dumb

  120. Suezar ThaFinest

    August 9, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    Johnny Mnemonic

  121. Jesse Carstensen

    August 9, 2021 at 10:53 pm

    Damn that dude literally has a plug into the matrix on his head

  122. Kevin Burrell

    August 9, 2021 at 10:54 pm

    I don’t care if I had Bill Gates money! I would never ever in my life place an implant anywhere near my body.. Prayers to God work wonders if I you truly believe and it’s time to start believing. I suffer with severe depression and anxiety and I rather work on fighting it myself

  123. EnterTrivia PH

    August 9, 2021 at 11:11 pm

    This could help to create universal translator in the future even with possovle aliens from outer space can be translated using this

  124. TastyExperiences_ Instagram

    August 9, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    Maybe use it on religious people and let it translate how senile they are

  125. Qwerty Qwertz

    August 9, 2021 at 11:40 pm

    Why not fix the patients vocal cord? Imagine if that stuff got ripped of his head, that would be fatal.

  126. MuhamadRio

    August 10, 2021 at 12:44 am

    Using neuralink for mouse pointer is really amazing. I glad computers and smartphones soon become more easily accesible for people with situation.

  127. Amazing Star

    August 10, 2021 at 1:03 am

    Ohhh can they fix my brain and make me smart? 😁✌️

    • Amazing Star

      August 10, 2021 at 1:05 am

      Opsss my bad its only for a good purpose peace✌️

  128. Ethan Braendler

    August 10, 2021 at 1:25 am

    Why does this remind me of the Matrix?

  129. Tomasz Falkowski

    August 10, 2021 at 5:17 pm

    Most natural? This is cool and interesting but the guy is obviously lying it’s not natural.

  130. FAnC Wings

    August 10, 2021 at 5:31 pm

    So the ability to use technology in humans is possible you’d think everyone would see that the future is just that

  131. Dhruv Shah

    August 10, 2021 at 5:32 pm

    Wowww

  132. Enzo Ponon

    August 10, 2021 at 5:36 pm

    Sorry but I saw David and Moses at the same time.

  133. vllybhottiex3

    August 10, 2021 at 5:44 pm

    If they’re able to do something like this, it still shocks me there’s nothing they can do for tinnitus within the brain.

  134. Parzival

    August 10, 2021 at 6:04 pm

    This is what I’m living for , I’m 17 and I want to be a neurologist 😀

    • Giovanni Marrero

      August 10, 2021 at 9:41 pm

      Find God instead of trying to play God

  135. J. Dawg

    August 10, 2021 at 6:07 pm

    hooo! Thank goD

  136. Nitin kanwar

    August 10, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    Wow so exciting 🤯

  137. Jordan Anthony

    August 10, 2021 at 8:28 pm

    This is not mind reading
    “Funded by Facebook” LMFAO
    company notorious for selling private data

  138. hunter klugh

    August 10, 2021 at 9:24 pm

    Simulation activity

  139. Ross

    August 10, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    Is David Moses Chabuddy G from People Just Do Nothing, but as a young man? 😆

  140. gamer boy

    August 10, 2021 at 9:45 pm

    First step to the matrix 😎

  141. Tik-pilations

    August 10, 2021 at 9:55 pm

    NeuraLink?

  142. Poppy Blop

    August 10, 2021 at 10:04 pm

    Is this the same tech as what Stephen Hawking use to speak?

  143. Danny

    August 10, 2021 at 10:26 pm

    My Father lost his right arm in a RTA had an implant in the back of his neck to stop phantom pains…he went back to specialist to change some battery in it, now he is parrilised on the left hand side an also other effects that happened when a certain person/person’s f*** about with the spinal area!?!?

  144. Prasad T

    August 10, 2021 at 10:45 pm

    Neuralink is also doing something like this just with more commercial aspect to their design and without a wire sticking out of your brain.

  145. Nui Puloka

    August 10, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    Neuralink?

  146. Kyoukichi

    August 10, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    Dear Andy, your teeth are way too white. Sincerely, everyone with a pair of eyes and not from LA.

  147. Dol Nabam

    August 11, 2021 at 12:06 am

    What if inside so called received blast or heat at high level.

  148. Oscar Torres

    August 11, 2021 at 12:27 am

    Doctor looks super smart!

  149. Matt M

    August 11, 2021 at 12:52 am

    It will b used for wat he said it wouldn’t that’s how it start denying then it happens

  150. Recep Baradar

    August 11, 2021 at 12:57 am

    Bravo 1 🤦

  151. newyorkers30

    August 11, 2021 at 1:26 am

    Robots.

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