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When he was 18 years old, Nathan Copeland was in a car crash that left him almost completely paralysed. Years later he joined a pioneering trial that led him to become the first human to have both motor and sensory cortex brain implants. Through the power of thought alone, he can control the movement of a robotic arm but also feel a limited sensation of touch in his paralysed hand when the fingers of the robotic hand connect with an object. Nathan describes what the sensation feels like and the limitations of this experimental technology. (Image: Heart shaped by human and robot hands Credit: Getty Images.)
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