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Flipboard Science Desk (sciencedesk@flipboard.social)'s status on Sunday, 11-Feb-2024 09:04:44 JST Flipboard Science Desk

A 57-year-old Italian man who had his right hand amputated 37 years ago recently felt temperature via his prosthetic hand with the help of a small device. Live Science has more on one of the “final hurdles” scientists cleared in developing prosthetics with the full spectrum of senses in a human limb. https://flip.it/fv_Mdq
#Science #Health #Medicine #Prosthetics
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1. 'You can get the feeling that you are touching another human': New prosthetic device detects temperature
  
  A prosthetic limb modified with a new device allowed an amputee to detect temperature changes in objects and also sense when they were touching another human being.

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