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What would you do with an extra thumb?

A Bluetooth robotic third thumb may be useful as a body extension

06-Jul-2018

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Dani Clode 3D-printed a Third Thumb.

The thumb connects to a bracelet containing wires & servos.

Wearer controls it using pressure sensors in shoes.

Wants to reframe prosthetics as extensions of the body.

Augmentation enables new ways of manipulating objects.

COMMENT: opposable thumbs gave humans a big advantage - why not increase it?

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Dani Clode

Product Designer at Dani Clode Design and Research Assistant at the Plasticity Lab

The Third Thumb

3D printed thumb extension.

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Prostheses