#13 Avatar Technology Digest / “Feeling“ artificial leg / Injectable brain implant etc.

Welcome to #13 Avatar Technology Digest. As always we bring you the latest news on Technology, Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence from the most trusted sources. 1) Scientists in Austria have created an artificial leg which allows the amputee to feel lifelike sensations from their foot. Prof Hubert Egger of the University of Linz, said sensors fitted to the sole of the artificial foot, stimulated nerves at the base of the stump. Surgeons first rewired nerve endings in the patient’s stump to pla