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Prosthetic limb device enables users to ‘sense’ temperature difference (www.theguardian.com)

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Swiss-Italian study finds MiniTouch can help people with amputations feel whether objects are hot, cold or in between

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[–] milkytoast@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

can people with prosthetics feel stuff? are we at that point technologically? if so, how precisely? with my fleshy fingers I can tell the difference between glass and less smooth surfaces, or even a hair ir some dust, but I doubt prosthetics would be at such s point