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Tiny Magnets Track Muscle Movement to Guide Prosthetics

On 29 October 2026, a study in Nature Sensors showed a new way to read muscle movement. It came from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Magnetic sensors accurately measured muscle movements in three people with below-knee amputations. The method is called magnetomicrometry. It uses pairs of magnets inside the body and sensors on the skin. When a muscle stretches…

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