Prosthesis lets amputees feel knees and feet
Fabio Bergamin,
Futurity,
Sept 16, 2019
So here's a question: is this experience real? It's "a leg prosthesis with the residual nerves in the user's thigh allows above-the-knee amputees to feel their prosthetic foot and knee in real time." So wearers 'feel' their artificial leg touching the ground. This is only the beginning of what will most certainly be called 'Artificial Senses' (AS) (more here, here, here). They need not be limited to analogues of the five senses, and they need not be limited to types of bodily experience (imagine feeling 'up' or 'down' depending on how the stock market is performing, for example). While some may wonder how these can be used in education, the real question looking forward will be how we can help people learn to use and benefit from artificial senses.
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