By adkoill on September 19, 2010
The Department of Defense and Southern Methodist University have teamed up to developĀ prostheticsthat use two-way fiber optic communication between artificial limbs and peripheral nerves to essentially give these devices the ability to feel pressure or temperature. The technology is called neurophotonics, and it will someday allow hi-speed communication between the brain and artificial limbs. But [...]
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