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Researchers have helped this paralysed man feel again

U.S. President Barack Obama touches a robotic arm operated by Nathan Copeland, a quadriplegic brain implant patient who can experience the sensation of touch and control a remote robotic arm with his brain during a tour of the innovation projects at the White House Frontiers conference in Pittsburgh, U.S. October 13, 2016.  REUTERS/Carlos Barria

“I can feel just about every finger—it’s a really weird sensation.” Image: REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Arvind Suresh
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