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by lettergram 1922 days ago
For those interested in this area I recommend:

https://www.psyonic.io/

It’s cheap and I’ve watched it be developed since the beginning. There are multiple ways to restore a sense of touch, this appears to use the method which stretches in the skin.

There’s also a method of restoring the senses that uses electrical current. It was fun to watch all the undergrads in the lab electrocute themselves lol. The reality is skin stretching is consistent; where as how electricity flows through the body varies wildly between people.

The one linked in my comment uses vibration:

https://www.psyonic.io/ability-hand

Which has less of an impact long term (Aka drying out skin from twisting, etc)

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Do you have a link to the electricity restoring sense of touch research? I've noticed the same thing by accident after some nerve damage and would love to be able to improve further.
straight out of csl!