A trio of stories capture how far brain-computer interface technology has come and how many roads lead there. Wired profiles Rodney Gorham, who has lived with Synchron's implant for five years—longer than any other patient—using it to control his home by thought alone. Meanwhile, explainers on Neuralink and a comparison piece pitting Neuralink's invasive implants against BrainCo's wearable sensors lay out the industry's competing bets on how intimately the brain should be wired into machines.