“Oh my god, this arm is a part of me,” said Scott Imbree, who was able to use it to feel objects.
Charles M. Greenspon, University of Chicago
The two, who suffered paralysis in their hands, temporarily regained their sense of touch and were able to feel the shapes of objects thanks to electrical stimulation to their brains. This approach could one day allow people with spinal cord injuries to better carry out daily activities by controlling a robotic arm as if it were their own.
There have been previous attempts to restore the sense of touch through brain stimulation, but these pretty rough. “these are…
Source: www.newscientist.com
