Although there already are experimental "telehaptic" systems that allow people to send and receive tactile sensations, they tend to be bulky and awkward. A new one is much slimmer and thus more ...

The variations in electrical tactile intensity in relation to current density are examined under conditions of pressure compensation and in its absence. In the absence of pressure compensation, no ...

Patients with untreatable conditions such as sight loss or loss of motor function could be closer to a viable technology for ...

Brain-computer interface (BCI) technologies developed independently for 50 years to restore sight and touch are functionally identical, establishing a unified framework that accelerates ...

Prosthetic arm with a bionic hand which detects tactile stimulation and sends that sensory signal to the brain. Neuroscientists have found that people with bionic hands can't seem to retrain the brain ...

Research with a unique, perhaps one-of-a-kind individual, shows that you can comprehend and use tactile language and metaphors without relying on previous sensory experiences. These findings challenge ...

You were probably taught that we have five senses: sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. This is not quite right: "touch" is not a single sense, but rather several working together. Our bodies contain ...

What if we didn't have skin? We would have no sense of touch, no detection of coldness or pain, leaving us inept to respond to any situation. The skin is not just a protective shell for organs, but ...

In adult Drosophila, the sense of touch is mediated by mechanosensory organs, namely tactile bristles in the epidermis. A new study reveals that a previously unknown type of epidermal cell, named the ...

Researchers at Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science created liquid metal stretchable tactile sensors for prosthetic fingertips, which could mimic human touch and ...

Blind or colorblind people can describe colors and use expressions like “green with envy” or “feeling blue.” A hearing-impaired person can also say those same vibrant hues are “loud.” But many ...

Installation view, Cornelia Thomsen at Leslie Feely (all photos by Erik Thomsen and courtesy Leslie Feely, New York, NY) “You have to get close, then move back, slowly,” I tried to explain to a motley ...