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Re:Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited ... by herbst on Sunday June 09, 2024 @03:53AM (#40622738)
There are magnet Implantats you can put into your finger which lets you feel magnetic fields.
Re:Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited ... by meindnoch on Sunday June 09, 2024 @06:13AM (#40623348)
That's not a new sense, just using the existing tactile system with a magnet.
Re:Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited ... by iandanforth on Sunday June 09, 2024 @08:01AM (#40623860)
Senses are defined by what they sense, not how they are sensed. A person can have their sight partially restored through implants that bypass rod/cone activation. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6934168/
Re:Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited ... by meindnoch on Monday June 10, 2024 @09:16AM (#40633315)
That's still signaling through the optic nerve.

If they would restore vision by using e.g. the cochlear nerve, that would be something.

Re:Gene therapy restores hearing to children with inherited ... by knodi123 on Sunday June 09, 2024 @03:06PM (#40626696)
you'd be surprised.

I've heard about people experimenting by wearing a belt with dozens of haptic motors and a compass, so that it always indicates the direction of north. After a while wearing it, they stop consciously feeling the sensation of the vibration, and just feel "northness". And then when they take off the belt, they feel weirdly disoriented for a while, even in familiar places.