Neuralink is prepping to test its first Blindsight implant later this year.A lot of people hear "vision restoration" and assume it's about fixing damaged eyes.That's not the plan.The plan is to send visual information directly to the visual cortex of the brain.Even if the eyes are gone.Even if the optic nerve is gone.That's a very different and very interesting conversation.@neuralink

A Neuralink implant can control any device that can be controlled via a computer or phone.As if controlling computers weren’t already wild enough.Lights and lighting systems. Thermostats. Smart locks. Security cameras and doorbells.Electric vehicles, FSD, e-bikes, scooters, or powered wheelchairs.The list is endless.Your digital environment starts becoming thought-responsive.People still frame Neuralink as “future tech.”Meanwhile, it’s building brain-based operating systems for the physical worl