Man controls Amazon Alexa with his thoughts, ‘It gives me back the independence’

With the help of a brain implant, a patient with a degenerative disease was able to command Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant with his mind. Announcing the news on Monday, the company behind the technological innovation let him stream shows and control devices with only his thoughts.

The brain-computer interface company, Synchron, said that an implant placed in a blood vessel on the surface of a 64-year-old man’s brain enabled him to mentally “tap” icons on an Amazon Fire tablet.