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Wired
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Mixed Feelings See with your tongue. Navigate with your skin. Fly by the seat of your pants (literally). How researchers can tap the plasticity of the brain to hack our 5 senses and build a few new ones. |
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American Family Physician
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Popular Mechanics
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