More than 5 million people in the United States are affected by limb loss or paralysis. Technological devices that directly interact with the brain, known as brain-computer interfaces, offer the ...

Researchers have uncovered a key role for a new type of cell in touch detection in the skin of the fruit fly. Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered a key role for a new type of ...

Despite how advanced robots have become, getting them to feel the way humans do is an incredibly complex challenge.

A U.S. Army soldier is participating in a clinical trial at Walter Reed testing a neural-enabled prosthetic limb designed to ...

The following is the first part of a series on brain-machine integration and biomechanical solutions to restore function to tissues damaged by disease, trauma, or time. Researchers have developed ...

As we interact with the world, we feel it when we touch things. The information we get from touch sensations helps us carry out many daily activities, from typing on a keyboard to handling food.

In a world where nearly every experience unfolds through a screen, the brands that stand out are those that make people feel.

UD Engineering’s Laure Kayser received a Beckman Young Investigator award to support her research on assistive soft robotics and tactile displays The University of Delaware’s Laure Kayser, assistant ...

A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research suggests that individuals with misophonia experience sensory ...

image: Mice engage in grooming behavior, experiencing a phenomenon researchers call pleasant touch. Researchers from the Washington University Center for the Study of Itch and Sensory Disorders have ...

The TV show Star Trek: The Next Generation introduced millions of people to the idea of a holodeck: an immersive, realistic 3D holographic projection of a complete environment that you could interact ...