Tweezer-like bionic tool. Credit: Ottavia Maddaluno Some say the next step in human evolution will be the integration of technology with flesh. Now, researchers have used virtual reality to test whether humans can feel embodiment—the sense that something is part of one’s body—toward prosthetic “hands” that resemble a pair of tweezers. They report in the journal iScience that participants felt an equal degree of embodiment of the tweezer-hands, and were also faster and more accurate in completing motor tasks in virtual reality than when they were equipped with a virtual Read More