Amputees can be ‘tricked’ into feeling sensations with virtual reality

Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have used prosthetic limbs and virtual reality technology to ‘trick’ amputees to feel sensations. The concept of phantom limbs has long been around, with some amputees claiming to feel sensations or pain where missing limbs should be. Almost as if the mind hasn’t registered that the limb is no longer there. The […]