Musk spotlights ALS patient controlling wheelchair with his mind via Neuralink
elonmusk · x · 2026-11-02
Elon Musk retweeted a post from @Teslaconomics about Jake, an ALS patient who lost the ability to operate his wheelchair joystick and now steers his chair with his thoughts via a Neuralink implant.
The post frames the case as evidence that Musk's companies are "giving people their lives back," pushing back against critics. It's another concrete demonstration of Neuralink's brain-computer interface restoring autonomy for disabled patients.
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