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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.
Designers are experimenting with tentacles, spikes and third thumbs | Science & technology
Opening a bottle, holding a glass, or peeling fruits can be done with this extra thumb.
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).
Prosthetics designers are coming up with new ways to help people feel more comfortable in their own skin.