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TenXsys Inc. has received a major contract from the Department of Defense for a project with Boise State University.
TenXsys was awarded $749,000 for the second phase of a project to develop small sensors that could be used as part of rehabilitation efforts for amputees, Layne Simmons, TenXsys chief operating officer, said in a statement.
The Eagle-based company will team with researchers in Boise State's Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research in the College of Engineering to test the sensors.
The technology should help military personnel who have lost limbs effectively use prosthetics. The project supports the defense department's efforts to rehabilitate amputees and even allow soldiers with prosthetics to return to active duty...