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Wearable tech like the "Third Thumb" prosthetic extra thumb and AI are redefining human capabilities & blurring the line between human and machine.

The Third Thumb can be used to pick up objects, open drinks bottles, sift through playing cards and even peel a banana - all with just one hand, reveal experts at the University of Cambridge.

The Third Thumb can be used to pick up objects, open drinks bottles, sift through playing cards and even peel a banana - all with just one hand, reveal experts at the University of Cambridge.

Researchers have shown that members of the public have little trouble in learning very quickly how to use a third thumb -- a controllable, prosthetic extra thumb -- to pick up and manipulate objects. The team tested the robotic device on a diverse range of participants, which they say is essential for ensuring new technologies are inclusive and can work for everyone.

Opening a bottle, holding a glass, or peeling fruits can be done with this extra thumb.

Great Big Story visited augmentation designer Dani Clode who explained how she came up with her now-viral Third Thumb Project.

Today on the show, we meet a prosthetic designer and a neuroscientist fascinated with understanding how the brain and body might adapt to something we haven't had before — a third thumb. Dani Clode and Tamar Makin spoke to Short Wave in Washington D.C., at the 2023 annual meeting for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

The attachable 3D-printed robot thumb named ‘third thumb’ can be triggered to grasp objects through the pressure points the toes give.

Tamar Makin, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at Cambridge University, said the brains ability to adapt to an extra limb was extraordinary.

Dani Clodes designs include the