Tactile feedback adds 'muscle sense' to prosthetic hand

Tactile feedback adds 'muscle sense' to prosthetic hand 05/31/2017 02:38 PM EDT Engineers at Rice University and the Research Center "E.Piaggio" of the University of Pisa and the Italian Institute of Technology have found that tactile feedback on the skin allowed blindfolded test subjects to more than double their ability to discern the size of objects grasped with a prosthetic hand. Full story at http://news.rice.edu/2017/05/30/tactile-feedback-adds-muscle-sense-to-prosthetic-hand/ Source Rice University This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111