Prosthetic limb device enables users to ‘sense’ temperature difference

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/09/prosthetic-limb-device-enables-users-to-sense-temperature-difference

Swiss-Italian study finds MiniTouch can help people with amputations feel whether objects are hot, cold or in between

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milkytoast@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

can people with prosthetics feel stuff? are we at that point technologically? if so, how precisely? with my fleshy fingers I can tell the difference between glass and less smooth surfaces, or even a hair ir some dust, but I doubt prosthetics would be at such s point