If extra limbs and other augments were an option, what's the first mod you'd get?
Now, Tamar Makin, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at the MRC cognition and brain unit at Cambridge University, is looking to expand on the approach for more than just an extra thumb.
The idea is to give people greater functionality than before, no matter what their current ability and situation is. “If you’re missing a limb, instead of trying to replace that limb, why don’t we augment your intact hand to allow you to do more with it?” explained Makin, but this is far from the only use case.
One of the biggest concerns is about degrading any current usefulness from the body. While Clode's amazing extra thumb is a great example, it also raises questions that need further testing. When repurposing those foot movements to communicate a thumb, we need to make sure we're not taking away any of the body's natural feet abilities in the process.
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