I feel, therefore I am.
Although philosopher and mathematician Reneì Descartes actually said, “I think, therefore I am,” feeling, not only in the sense of emotions but also in the literal fifth sense, touch, helps us interact with the world around us and integrate our sense of self-of who we are as complete beings. As researchers and developers continue in their quest to meld human and machine into a single functional entity, restoring a sense of touch opens the door to creating more intuitive, easier to use, and more efficient prosthetic limbs. An enormous benefit is that users would not need the intense visual concentration currently required to operate a myoelectric prosthesis because touch perception would enable them to know that they were grasping the object securely but not so tightly as to crush or break it.
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