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Amputees could feel warmth of human touch with new bionic technology

With thermal electrodes placed on the skin of their residual arm, amputees reported feeling hot or cold sensations in their phantom hand and fingers, as well as directly on the arm, according to the trials by the École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).