High fit

Haptics controls how much physical sensation a person registers — how much the bumps, aches, and signals from the body actually land. Dr. Becky Kennedy had hers turned way down after her emergency C-section. She had just had major abdominal surgery and was baking biscotti on day six, telling her husband she only needed four hours of sleep. Her body was sending signals she wasn't picking up at all. The hospital readmission was the forced recalibration — after that, the mandatory daily naps were her finally letting those signals register.