Touch is essential for hand use, however, brain-controlled prosthetic limbs have not been endowed with this critical sense.  Now, a study from researchers at the University of Pittsburgh develops a brain implant which restores the sense of touch in the hand of a paralyzed man, who described the sensations as mimicking natural touch. The team state that their device also helped the patient sense touch … Continue reading New brain-computer interface restores the sense of touch in the hand of a paralyzed man.