Sliman Bensmaia, Who Enabled Prosthetic Limbs to Feel, Dies at 49

Sliman Bensmaia, Who Enabled Prosthetic Limbs to Feel, Dies at 49

The New York Times-Tech·2023-08-23 06:00

Sliman Bensmaia, whose pioneering work on the neuroscience of touch opened doors for amputees and people with quadriplegia, allowing them not just to grasp a cup of coffee, for example, but to feel its heat and know just how much pressure to apply to hold it tightly, died on Aug. 11 at his home in Chicago. He was 49.

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