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Companies collect vast amounts of data about consumers already, including browsing history, location, device type, purchase patterns, even how long your cursor hovers over a product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

In trials, patients have demonstrated thought-controlled cursor navigation and robotic arm manipulation -- genuine breakthroughs, although ethicists and regulators have raised questions about privacy and long-term safety.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

In the late 1990s, neurologist Philip Kennedy developed the first BCI to allow a severely paralyzed patient to move a computer cursor using their brain.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 2026

A paralyzed Arizona man became the first human to receive the implant in January and has since moved a cursor, browsed the internet and played video games with this thoughts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2024

The only sounds are the breathing of the dogs and clicking of the slide rule’s cursor.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

In December 2015, engineers in Ukrainian power stations saw cursors on their computer screens moving by themselves.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022

The sensor arrays used in this research, smaller than a button, allow patients to move robotic arms or cursors on a screen just by thinking.

From New York Times ● Aug. 28, 2020

Bouton and other researchers are already developing brain implants for people with limited mobility, letting recipients control computer cursors or robotic arms by thought alone.

From The Verge ● Jun. 6, 2018

Dugan also suggested that the device could work as a “brain mouse” for augmented reality, or AR, removing the need for hand movements to control cursors, the Verge reported.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2017

Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele