Researchers have created the first artificial leg capable of transmitting feelings to the brain like a real limb

Researchers in Vienna have pioneered the first artificial leg capable of transmitting feelings to the brain like a real limb. It also stops phantom pain, a condition that many amputees suffer from.The invention is the work of Professor Hubert Egger, from the University of Linz, Austria, who in 2010 also unveiled a mind-controlled prosthetic arm, AFP reports. The leg works by fitting six sensors to the sole of a lightweight prosthesis and then connecting these to the remaining nerve endings...

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