The first woman in the world to receive the Neuralink brain implant

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Imagine spending two decades without being able to affirm your own name and suddenly with a simple thought being able to write again, that is the new reality of Audrey Cruz, the first woman in the world to receive the brain implant from Neurolink, Elon Musk's company.

Paralyzed since she was 16, Audrey connected to the digital world without using her hands, eyes or voice, just her mind, and the entire world stopped to watch it happen. The achievement was made possible thanks to the One Telepathy Chip, a brain-computer interface that literally reads neural signals from the motor cortex and translates them into digital commands.

The implant is the size of a quarter and features 128 ultra-fine threads connected to the brain, allowing the system to identify movement intention and convert it into actions within a computer. Audrey wrote her own name on a screen for the first time in 20 years, a simple but deeply symbolic gesture.

The surgery was performed at the University of Miami Health Center and according to Audre, the medical team was impeccable and recovery is occurring positively. Despite the invasive nature of the surgery with cranial drilling and insertion of threads directly into the brain, the procedure was considered safe within the parameters of Neuralink's Prime clinical study.

Audrey made it clear, the chip does not restore physical mobility, but rather the ability to interact with technology using only the mind, true digital telepathy. The impact goes far beyond Audrey's case, another participant, Nicky Ray, identified as P8, wrote that after 3 days with the chip he already recovered a level of digital autonomy that he had not experienced in years.

Diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Nicky Ray sees Neuralink as a real opportunity to stay active, connected and productive.

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Both represent a new generation of Cyborg humans pioneering the era of symbiosis between brain and machine. Neuralink plans in the future to apply this technology on a large scale to help people with paralysis, motor disabilities and even to expand human cognitive abilities, however, there is no shortage of questions, the precision of the system, the risk of neurological failures, the durability of the chip and the ethical impacts of directly manipulating the human brain are at the center of the debates.

Critics also raise concerns about mental privacy, how safe it is to allow a technology to read our thoughts, on the other hand, the progress is undeniable and Elon Musk stated that most people still do not realize that this is possible and he is right.

Audrey's own post with the simple word Audrey written in purple went viral with millions of views, we are witnessing a new type of revolution, that of thought that commands technology without intermediaries.

What was once reserved for fictional characters like Neo or Professor Javier is now being tested on real humans with real chips in real laboratories, but then, do you think this is the first step to merging humans and machines in a new era of pure communication? Or are we entering too dangerous territory where even thought can be monitored?

The era of telepathy has begun and there is no turning back.

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