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Pondering how to best prepare for the upcoming onslaught of Neuralink Blindsight brain implant hype/PR after the first blind patient receives one in UAE. Most scientists are open to reason, but they make up a tiny minority under funding stress, while the mass media profit from maximizing hype.
https://www.artifi…

Neuralink raised a $650M Series E from ARK Invest, Founders Fund, G42, Human Capital, Sequoia, Thrive, and others; it was reportedly valued at ~$9B pre-money (Maxwell Zeff/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/02/elon-musks-neuralink-closes-a-65…

Elon Musk's Neuralink closes a $650M Series E | TechCrunch
Elon Musk's brain chip implant startup Neuralink raised a $650 million Series E funding round, the company announced.

The all-new Moog Messenger: a tour with synth legend Erik Norlander of Moog https://cdm.link/moog-messenger-with-e

The all-new Moog Messenger: a tour with synth legend Erik Norlander of Moog - CDM Create Digital Music
Moog Messenger is something new. Because that's the first major product entirely developed under new owners inMusic*, that might make you nervous. But this synth is full of surprises—and could be the Moog synth your rig has been missing. Moog's Erik Norlander, Director of Keyboard Product Development, walked us through the synth. I think it might wind up being his biggest hit since the Alesis Andromeda.

(Bloomberg) Neuralink device helps monkey to see something that's not there https://archive.ph/tQTqw
"At least two-thirds of the time, the monkey moved its eyes toward something researchers were trying to trick the brain into visualizing."
That thus far sounds far less impressive …

Paradromics implanted and removed its Connexus brain implant in a patient for ~10 minutes during epilepsy surgery on May 14, a first for the Neuralink rival (Emily Mullin/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/paradromics-neuralink-rival-tested-brain-impl…

A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person
Paradromics, a brain-computer-interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.

Go for a Neuralink Blindsight brain implant, or opt for cheaper and replaceable smart glasses? #BCI

To Grok: "Why is Neuralink so vague about their Neuralink Blindsight brain implant, describing it as technology to "generate visual perception" - even unpatterned flashes of light qualify as such?" https://x.com/i/grok/share/vI84HuktzHHh093wRbd6YzHXl …

To ChatGPT: Brain implants in visual cortex such as Neuralink Blindsight cannot directly convey visual textures, shading and smooth surfaces, because simultaneously activating many electrodes above phosphene threshold would cause seizures. Any solutions? https://chatgpt.com/share/68469685-71c

ChatGPT - Neuralink Visual Limitations
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Neuralink raises $600 million in funding, valuing brain-computer interface company at $9 billion https://www.ainvest.com/news/neuralink-raises-600-million-funding-valuing-brain-computer-interface-company-9-billio…

Neuralink raises $600 million in funding, valuing brain-computer interface company at $9 billion
Neuralink raises $600 million in funding, valuing brain-computer interface company at $9 billion

A Neuralink rival just tested a brain implant in a person https://www.wired.com/story/paradromics-neuralink-rival-tested-brain-implant/ (archived at

A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person
Paradromics, a brain-computer-interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.