Polymer May Allow Soldiers With Artificial Limbs To Feel Heat, Cold, Touch
Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 19:14
in Physics & Chemistry
Current prosthetics may look natural, but they're still primitive -- offering patients no real neurological control other than opening or closing their hand. But for U.S. soldiers who have lost arms and hands in the battlefield, two new studies may bring "real" feeling to artificial limbs.