Researchers at Sheffield University have developed a digital foot sole that enables scientists to see the neurological signals that control how humans walk and balance.
The computational model provides a digital simulation of the signals that continuously flow through the body from the foot to the brain. The team believes it could be used to design more sophisticated neuroprosthetics – artificial limbs that can give the brain feedback about the world around is, in electrical form.
Called FootSim, the model allows scientists to map how the human nervous system continuously responds to contact with the soles of feet and changes in pressure points in unprecedented detail. It is described in a new paper in the journal iScience.
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