Next comes haptic technology, which emulates the sensation of touch at a distance.

Symptoms are due to spinal cord damage and are: pain, decreased sensation of touch, weakness and loss of muscle tissue.

One rubberist describes the sensation of touching the 'smooth elastic texture of vanilla-scented latex stretched tight over soft skin' as a 'sensitivity multiplier'.

It means that the longest nerves in your body, which transmit sensations of touch, pain and temperature to your brain, are not functioning properly.

Current results of the research find that a neural interface may be able to artificially evoke sensations of touch, or counteract the phantom limb pain.