With the development of technology, researchers are constantly working on better ways to make life easier for amputees. Prosthetics that offer some functions have been around for sometime now, and this latest development could offer “sensation” in the prosthetic limb.
Researchers are looking at a process called Targeted Reinnervation, where severed nerves are attached to skin just above the amputation. A sensor is then positioned over this “reinnervated” skin, and relays information on pressure in real-time; fooling the brain and allowing the amputees to actually feel sensation in the amputed limb.
Via: US News, PSFK
