Could an existing piano player adapt to playing the instrument with an extra, robotic thumb? A new study suggests that the answer is yes, and interestingly enough, even people who are new to the piano ...

LONDON, Aug 25 – How would pianists cope with suddenly having two thumbs on one hand? Would their brains become scrambled or would the extra digit add a new dimension to their playing? Neuroscientist ...

A robotic extra thumb can be controlled well enough by some people to be used while playing piano. Since 2015, Aldo Faisal at Imperial College London and his colleagues have been developing a robotic ...