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> controlled by your toes I wonder if there'll be a version that can be controlled by something less 'hacky' - maybe reading nerve signals to part of the hand.
by generalizations 4y ago
> controlled by your toes
I wonder if there'll be a version that can be controlled by something less 'hacky' - maybe reading nerve signals to part of the hand.
- jjk166 4y agoThe nerve signals going to your hand are already controlling the rest of your hand. While viable for prosthetic replacements, adding genuinely new functionality would come at the cost of current functionality. You need something that you can finely control in several degrees of freedom. The toes are a very logical option - there's a very 1:1 relationship between how you control your fingers and toes meaning it's simple to learn and uses the same neural pathways, your toes are generally idle and you're free to wiggle them around as you please, and the interface is non-intrusive so you don't need surgery or elaborate tuning by a highly specialized medical technician.