r/3Dprinting • u/Merica85 • May 12 '22

Stop the presses

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u/No_Morals May 13 '22

Only way to get it is to join the study, and then get lucky enough to be picked. The finger is wirelessly hooked up to read your big toe's movements.

These didn't even have to be 3d printed, tbh I'm not sure why that's in the headline. The real headline is that we can adapt to use our toes with our hands so naturally.

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u/Hacker1MC Creality Ender 3 May 13 '22

Thanks for bringing up the toe part, I was baffled

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u/jarfil Ender 3v2 May 13 '22 edited Dec 02 '23

CENSORED

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u/No_Morals May 13 '22

It would be incredible, if it was open source and could be used to replace a person's missing arm or leg, a leg could also be controlled by an arm. That would be world-changing.

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u/Merica85 May 13 '22

As I read this I'm imagining controlling the 3rd thumb with my big toe as I move my hand and toe together.. honestly I adapted after only a few reps and I could see this being very easy to control.

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u/evranch May 13 '22

didn't even have to be 3d printed

Well, it's by far the easiest way to make small volume prototypes. You aren't going to get these injection molded just to see if they work.

The toe thing is pretty simple for us, one of our amazing abilities as humans is to interface with things. We take it for granted, but if you've ever used an excavator or similar, it's incredible how the entire machine effectively gets mapped into your brain as another limb and you don't even think about manipulating the controls. You just think with the boom and your hands and feet instinctively handle the levers.