Remotely bright

3d prototypes, video. 2022.

In 2014-21, U.S. scientists from the University of Pittsburgh developed and tested a neural interface that for the first time allowed a paralyzed person to touch objects using a a robotic prosthetic arm, the signals from which are transmitted to chips mounted in the motor and somatosensory cortex of the brain. The patient was able to not only remotely control the robotic arm, but also felt a tactile response, like a real touch. This technology could potentially restore lost to thousands of people, bringing back the fullness of life. But beyond its recreational function, this development could greatly expand the diversity of tactile experience. В the project presents the development models for remote sensory perception, for the human of the future, who seeks to cyborgize their movement and touch, and to experience the sensation of chimeric body states.

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