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Motorized prosthetics are nothing new. But what about artificial body parts that don\u2019t replace missing ones, but instead provide us with extended capabilities, while also revealing insights into the relationship between brain and body?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the main research focus of augmentation designer Dani Clode, who developed the Third Thumb, a 3D-printed extension for your hand that is controlled by your toes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through collaborative neuroscientific research with the Plasticity Lab at University College London and Cambridge University, Clode and her colleagues hope to better understand how the brain adapts to augmentation, learn more about the limits of neuroplasticity, and explore how to best utilize it to improve the control and usability of prosthetics and augmentative devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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