In a medical first, brain implant allows paralysed man to feel againUPMC - PITT HEALTH SCIENCES University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researcher Robert Gaunt touches the finger of a robotic arm, causing Nathan Copeland, a quadraplegic, to feel that sensation in his own finger. For the first time, scientists have helped a paralysed man experience the sense of touch through the use of a mind-controlled robotic arm. Because the paralysed man was already connected to a robotic arm, when a researcher pressed the fingers of the prosthesis, the subject felt the pressure in the right fingers of his paralysed hand. Already connected to a mind-controlled robotic arm, Copeland was ready for the experiment to begin. He was willing to be the pioneer, and he's excited to be the very person to feel sensation.

Source: Stuff October 15, 2016 04:41 UTC