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Adding sense of presence to bionic limbs

14-Mar-2018

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Researchers have developed neural two-way interface that at reinnervation sites.

Vibrating nerves convinces the brain that the limb is really there.

Patients could perform actions without looking at their prosthetic arms.

Current prosthetics don't provide kinesthetic feedback - a limb's sense of presence.

Researchers intend to develop subtler signals.

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Cleveland Clinic

American academic medical center based in Cleveland.

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Prostheses