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The Army’s new neural limb lets soldiers ‘feel’ again

Think Luke Skywalker’s new hand in the “Empire Strikes Back.”

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If you spend enough time around military hospitals, you develop a healthy cynicism for the word “breakthrough.” Every year, the Pentagon promises us game-changing technology that usually amounts to a new rifle nobody asked for, that is five pounds heavier, requires knowledge of advanced engineering to operate, and probably runs on batteries for some reason.