Could people with extra fingers provide the blueprint for robotic extra limbs?
Imperial bioengineers have shown how the brain adapts to the workload imposed by more digits. This could help us develop artificial limbs and digits to expand our natural movement abilities.
Worldwide, about 1 in every 500 babies are born with extra fingers or toes – a condition known as #polydactyly. Often seen as a ‘birth defect’, extra digits are usually removed shortly after birth https://t.co/eCDCzVMQn1