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Brain-Computer Interfaces, or BCIs, have gained recent notoriety thanks to Elon Musk and his Pong-playing monkey, but in truth, researchers have been experimenting with the tech for years.
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Some of the greatest advances of this technology have been in the world of prosthetics. Think robot arms and hands, or other limbs, controlled via an implant in the brain.
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But there is hope. In a new study published in Science, researchers demonstrate a brain-hacking technique to make these prosthetics easier to use.
“Sensory feedback from limbs and hands is hugely important for doing normal things in our daily lives, and when that feedback is lacking, people’s performance is impaired.”
Jennifer Collinger, professor at Pitt Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
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