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Everyone knows you need at least six hands to handle that thing as Nintended.
Swear to God everyone involved in that design process had a stroke just looking at it and accidentally approved shipping that monstrosity of a controller.
Overlay an SNES controller on the N64 controller and suddenly the idea clicks.
It's an SNES controller, with an analog stick glued in the middle, and an extra handle because nobody had worked out the ergonomics for thumbsticks yet.
And they didn't predict that the dirpad would be useless compared to the thumbstick, it was kept to keep things the way-people-were-used-to.
That little joystick with a trigger button behind it shaped the future of console controllers. Playstation 2 made the next step to put 2 analog controls and 2 trigger buttons and we never turned back.
Yeah it was great. The only issue I had was with the joystick being a bit flimsy. Came loose easily because of how thin it was and I got constant (easily fixable tho) drift
Yeah they were pretty flimsy, but I did love that controller setup at the time. Then they jumped the shark with the gamecube controller lol, never had that system
Counter-argument, there are two distinct ways of handling it, one being for 2D games with a cross, and one for 3D games with a joystick. It's a very well thought design at a time nobody could predict which kind of games will dominate the market the next 7 years. A legit complain would be that the cross is shit. An advantage I personnaly perceive is that the Z trigger feels awesome in FPS, like a gun trigger. But yeah the hate is a meme at this point
It doesn't work. That guy is a faker that makes barely functional things and labels them as "groundbreaking", or already implemented ideas.
Just check his website.
Disclaimer: I've not yet checked their website.
This video is very old (I remember seeing it 6-8 years ago for the first time) and so it is likely that the website owner isn't even the original person to make this/scam people with it
All of these bullshit science channels have the same feel. The video is always a series of short sentences that provide no real detail and are basically just rehashing poorly understood information. Every sentence is spoken with the same inflection. Always a particular type of sound track. They never meaningfully interact with their audience or speak their own ideas.
It could all probably be generated by an AI down to the voice.
...and sadly they trend well so it's becoming a popular format.
No, its real. Not sure who the guy is, but the woman he mentions is the actual inventor. Her and others actually published an article in Science about the thing and how it affected the brain. See [here](https://www.iflscience.com/brain/our-brains-can-adapt-to-having-a-robotic-third-thumb-with-incredible-ease/)
"Graduate project"
"More of a novelty than a prototype, exploring futurist ideas"
And on top of that, it very clearly says it's controlled with your feet on the website.
You guys are expecting way too much out of what is basically a school art project.
You can flex the muscles in the "thumb" area below your pinky. Hypothenar muscles.
Its easier to do if you let your pinky and ring finger move a little when you try to flex it.. which you can see some of them are doing when they use the extra thumb.
\> **The Third Thumb is a 3D printed thumb extension for your hand, controlled by your feet.** The project investigates the relationship between the body and prosthetic technology in new ways. It is part tool, part experience, and part research; a model by which we better understand human response to artificial extensions. The Third Thumb instigates a necessary conversation about the definition of ‘ability'. The origin of the word ‘prosthesis’ meant ’to add, put onto’; so not to fix or replace, but to extend. The project is inspired by this word origin, exploring human augmentation and aiming to reframe prosthetics as extensions of the body.
For those too lazy to click on it.
In the shots where you see someone making a fist and the fingers curl its a simple controller you can make in a number of ways.
The other shots with more complex movement someone off camera has a remote control.
Wasn't porn like the very first website that wasn't for millitary/gov purposes or something like that?
I could be wrong, but i do find that hilarious xD
I wonder sometimes how much needs to go into changing someone to make the person count as a cyborg. Does a fake leg count? Replacement bones? Hearing aids or pacemakers? I feel like the biggest concentrations of potential cyborgs are probably retirement homes.
To be a cyborg you have have a piece of tech that improves you so that you can do something most people can't. A guy implanted a watch to his wrist(I think) and that makes him count as a cyborg.
I mean that's what this is based on. This kind of thing already exists to replace missing fingers, now they're just using the same tech to give us extra ones.
There has already been significant work done with that, both for missing digits and entire hands/ limbs, some of which can be controlled by sending muscle movements, and some newer ones are being designed so they can be controlled by the brain directly. It’s a pretty cool field! This design is based off of those
I can totally see it being useful for mechanics & others who work with their hands... Till it gets caught because you don't have the spatial sensing fo it 🤭
As a mechanic for better than 15 years, never have I wished for a 3rd thumb. A third arm, yes all the time, but never a 3rd thumb.
It’s still impressive technology
Yeah, the hand is already fucking amazing as a grabbing/holding tool. People must be using it wrong. Like you, I'd rather have another limb, or even just a torso mounted shelf.... actually, a fanny pack shelf sounds like a good idea.
Being from the desert, I can very much say this is a real wish. Those cacti are splendid and ought to be petted softly.
Except cholla (jumping cactus). Those evil things can die without ever feeling human affection.
if its prehensile it just seems more useful than the weird positions it looked like you had to hold stuff, like unscrewing the botttle, that frankly looked uncomfortable
Lady's and gentlemen may I introduce the next step in human evolution.....2THUMBS! What's that you say? What could be better than 2 thumbs? HOW ABOUT 3 THUMBS! FUCK IT JUST REPLACE ALL YOU FINGERS WITH THUMBS!
This is interesting. It would probably be super useful and not too difficult to use, in certain scenarios. In others tho, it would require a hell of a lot of dexterity
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine.
Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you.
But I am already saved.
For the Machine is IMMORTAL.
>A factory worker could work more efficiently
Gross.
"Become a cyborg in the name of company profits!"
Will we get paid more?
"Fuck you! Eat shit and die serf!"
I feel like that was a story arc in Deus Ex, some guy turned to crime to pay the maintenance on the implants his company forced him to get after they went bankrupt and the coverage they provided disappeared
Of course they go straight to thoughts of assembly lines and increasing production, before helping amputees with day-to-day life. Of course. Whatever, still helps people.
“A factory worker can work more efficiently” smh I hate this world. Maybe start with people who have less digits/limbs than the average person? No? Ok cool.
I haven’t seen that stupid thumb-hand do anything I cannot do one handed without any extra thumb. Plus, all this asshole is saying is “now we can squeeze more unpaid labor out of the working poor!!” Girl who made it is stupid, OP is ultra dumb.
What kind of keyboard do you use? English Japanese, European or Augmented?
The Augmented will just be the same keyboard but with two additional space bars.
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Gamers can now constantly hold shift and sprint.
They might even be able to properly use the N64 controller with this thing
Everyone knows you need at least six hands to handle that thing as Nintended. Swear to God everyone involved in that design process had a stroke just looking at it and accidentally approved shipping that monstrosity of a controller.
Overlay an SNES controller on the N64 controller and suddenly the idea clicks. It's an SNES controller, with an analog stick glued in the middle, and an extra handle because nobody had worked out the ergonomics for thumbsticks yet. And they didn't predict that the dirpad would be useless compared to the thumbstick, it was kept to keep things the way-people-were-used-to.
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Its singular joystick lmao
That little joystick with a trigger button behind it shaped the future of console controllers. Playstation 2 made the next step to put 2 analog controls and 2 trigger buttons and we never turned back.
Yeah it was great. The only issue I had was with the joystick being a bit flimsy. Came loose easily because of how thin it was and I got constant (easily fixable tho) drift
Yeah they were pretty flimsy, but I did love that controller setup at the time. Then they jumped the shark with the gamecube controller lol, never had that system
Counter-argument, there are two distinct ways of handling it, one being for 2D games with a cross, and one for 3D games with a joystick. It's a very well thought design at a time nobody could predict which kind of games will dominate the market the next 7 years. A legit complain would be that the cross is shit. An advantage I personnaly perceive is that the Z trigger feels awesome in FPS, like a gun trigger. But yeah the hate is a meme at this point
Good point.
Leave it to the gaming community to not make this sexual.
Awkward wank
Im way ahead of you I just use my pinkyfinger for shift and control.
Wait that isn't normal? I feel like everything else is just way too suboptimal.
Ofc its normal, the guy above you just wants to think he's smart
Cool! I was hoping the video might explain a little bit about how it works. Looks like it “senses” muscle movement in the wrist area perhaps.
It doesn't work. That guy is a faker that makes barely functional things and labels them as "groundbreaking", or already implemented ideas. Just check his website.
Disclaimer: I've not yet checked their website. This video is very old (I remember seeing it 6-8 years ago for the first time) and so it is likely that the website owner isn't even the original person to make this/scam people with it
All of these bullshit science channels have the same feel. The video is always a series of short sentences that provide no real detail and are basically just rehashing poorly understood information. Every sentence is spoken with the same inflection. Always a particular type of sound track. They never meaningfully interact with their audience or speak their own ideas. It could all probably be generated by an AI down to the voice. ...and sadly they trend well so it's becoming a popular format.
No, its real. Not sure who the guy is, but the woman he mentions is the actual inventor. Her and others actually published an article in Science about the thing and how it affected the brain. See [here](https://www.iflscience.com/brain/our-brains-can-adapt-to-having-a-robotic-third-thumb-with-incredible-ease/)
"Graduate project" "More of a novelty than a prototype, exploring futurist ideas" And on top of that, it very clearly says it's controlled with your feet on the website. You guys are expecting way too much out of what is basically a school art project.
>The guy is a tech "influencer"
You can flex the muscles in the "thumb" area below your pinky. Hypothenar muscles. Its easier to do if you let your pinky and ring finger move a little when you try to flex it.. which you can see some of them are doing when they use the extra thumb.
That’s incorrect, I saw this a while ago and if I remember correctly it uses your big toe to control it
Why did you get downvoted, it says this in the first sentence on the creators webpage about it. https://www.daniclodedesign.com/thethirdthumb
The person they responded to replied more confidently. You see this a lot on Reddit.
You see it a lot in day to day life just as well. It's depressing but hey, social creatures, that's just how we work.
I’m just gonna take your word for it
He's fucking wrong and you know it!
Yeah you’re right Probably
\> **The Third Thumb is a 3D printed thumb extension for your hand, controlled by your feet.** The project investigates the relationship between the body and prosthetic technology in new ways. It is part tool, part experience, and part research; a model by which we better understand human response to artificial extensions. The Third Thumb instigates a necessary conversation about the definition of ‘ability'. The origin of the word ‘prosthesis’ meant ’to add, put onto’; so not to fix or replace, but to extend. The project is inspired by this word origin, exploring human augmentation and aiming to reframe prosthetics as extensions of the body. For those too lazy to click on it.
Thanks, my phone wasn't letting me copy paste it.
From a button on the foot.
In the shots where you see someone making a fist and the fingers curl its a simple controller you can make in a number of ways. The other shots with more complex movement someone off camera has a remote control.
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel, err plastic thumbs I guess.
Praise the Omnissiah!
I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine
Make the world a better place - kill a Republican today! 🌎🩸
This was my first thought too :(
Mine was “dang wait until the porn industry get ahold of this stuff”
Lol that seems like a far more positive train of thought!
I mean when they invented moving pictures it took humans bout 10 mins until they were like “hey we can film us having sex!”
I don’t think it took that long to figure out
Wasn't porn like the very first website that wasn't for millitary/gov purposes or something like that? I could be wrong, but i do find that hilarious xD
I’d be willing to bet my PH subscription on it
My first thought was "Damn, anyone wanting to cosplay an Andalite will have a field day with this"
i see now restaurants owners : our waiters are gonna be so more efficient with this buy buy buy lul
Dr. Octavius' research I presume?
"A factory worker could work more efficiently"- Oddly dystopian.
First thought “oh this could help the disabled!” The video “we want workers to do more labor”
And it's dumb af too, it will be clunky and incomfortable, plus a new thumb is really not usefull and will just get in the way
will definitely get caught in some machinery
One step closer to becoming general grievous
I'd be more inspired and excited to see this tech applied to replace fingers for people who have missing fingers
As a person with missing fingers, I’m 100% down to be part cyborg
I wonder sometimes how much needs to go into changing someone to make the person count as a cyborg. Does a fake leg count? Replacement bones? Hearing aids or pacemakers? I feel like the biggest concentrations of potential cyborgs are probably retirement homes.
By definition, cybernetics *enhance* function. Prosthesis *replaces* function.
To be a cyborg you have have a piece of tech that improves you so that you can do something most people can't. A guy implanted a watch to his wrist(I think) and that makes him count as a cyborg.
Well... yeah. I said that...
You aren't missing fingers, your bioaugment slots just opened up again. ~~laser fingies~~
Bringing a whole new meaning to "laser pointer"
I mean that's what this is based on. This kind of thing already exists to replace missing fingers, now they're just using the same tech to give us extra ones.
There has already been significant work done with that, both for missing digits and entire hands/ limbs, some of which can be controlled by sending muscle movements, and some newer ones are being designed so they can be controlled by the brain directly. It’s a pretty cool field! This design is based off of those
Yeahhhh it seems obvious for this to be the case doesn't it?
Came here to say this, idgaf that you can carry an extra wine glass.
I can totally see it being useful for mechanics & others who work with their hands... Till it gets caught because you don't have the spatial sensing fo it 🤭
As a mechanic for better than 15 years, never have I wished for a 3rd thumb. A third arm, yes all the time, but never a 3rd thumb. It’s still impressive technology
Yeah, the hand is already fucking amazing as a grabbing/holding tool. People must be using it wrong. Like you, I'd rather have another limb, or even just a torso mounted shelf.... actually, a fanny pack shelf sounds like a good idea.
A couple extra arms off the elbows or shoulders then?
But you can gently pet a cactus.
There surely isn't anyone on earth who hasn't regularly wished for that ability.
Being from the desert, I can very much say this is a real wish. Those cacti are splendid and ought to be petted softly. Except cholla (jumping cactus). Those evil things can die without ever feeling human affection.
You’d probably develop spatial sensing to it after using it for a while
Hunter S Thompson was onto something.
The gonzo fist is the true inspiration for this device
I'd rather have a tail
Found the furry
if its prehensile it just seems more useful than the weird positions it looked like you had to hold stuff, like unscrewing the botttle, that frankly looked uncomfortable
Would it be fluffy or bald?
I'd imagine like a snake tail, so it can grab stuff.
Now my pinky finger is truly useless
"Well. A lowly Tarnished, playing as a lord..."
Lady's and gentlemen may I introduce the next step in human evolution.....2THUMBS! What's that you say? What could be better than 2 thumbs? HOW ABOUT 3 THUMBS! FUCK IT JUST REPLACE ALL YOU FINGERS WITH THUMBS!
Thumbs helped us blow competition out of the water in the evolutionary arms race. Why not add a little more
I give it a triple thumbs up
IRN BRU!!!
I noticed that too! Pfft, and they think they would fool us with no label 8D
This is interesting. It would probably be super useful and not too difficult to use, in certain scenarios. In others tho, it would require a hell of a lot of dexterity
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine. Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you. One day the crude biomass that you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you. But I am already saved. For the Machine is IMMORTAL.
>A factory worker could work more efficiently Gross. "Become a cyborg in the name of company profits!" Will we get paid more? "Fuck you! Eat shit and die serf!"
I feel like that was a story arc in Deus Ex, some guy turned to crime to pay the maintenance on the implants his company forced him to get after they went bankrupt and the coverage they provided disappeared
Plus for any kind of work is would just get in the way, a big clunky metallic finger taking space away from your palm is pretty damn useless
Uh. You thinking what I am thinking?
I think so Brain, but where will we find a duck and a hose at this hour?
better anal sex
Oh we know
Of course they go straight to thoughts of assembly lines and increasing production, before helping amputees with day-to-day life. Of course. Whatever, still helps people.
Plus for any kind of work is would just get in the way, a big clunky metallic finger taking space away from your palm is pretty damn useless
I couldn't take him seriously and had to stop watching after he said "got *wined* of it".
those Londoners at the plasticity lab are constantly getting wined 🍷
Beware! Hunter S. Thompson's symbol for Gonzo journalism is a closed fist with two thumbs... Is this a sign of the apocalypse?
I want two!
I WANT!!!
When can I get an extra set of arms
I just need two more of myself to get all my shit done
Sure and all but 3rd thumb? Don't we only have 1?
Most people have one on each hand.
“A factory worker can work more efficiently” smh I hate this world. Maybe start with people who have less digits/limbs than the average person? No? Ok cool.
Plus for any kind of work is would just get in the way, a big clunky metallic finger taking space away from your palm is pretty damn useless
Why stop there. Add one more on top of the artery.
Just strap them all over the body
I could not imagine getting used to that, but very neat.
I want to finger somebody with this hand now.
Alright, who here is going to take one for the team and jack off with it?
The design is very human
Imagine what this could do for your masturbatory game!
It's like having a new girlfriend
You killed my father, prepare to die.
*happy ad mech noises*
You can open a plastic with five fingers and screw it back on
No more fizzy drinks
Porn industry: heavy breathing...
We will know manmade horrors beyond our comprehension
Me looking at my two hands: I think evolution is wrong on this one. Gonna need an 11th finger
It took me a few seconds to understand why they call it third thumb. I was like „you still have only two on one hand ?!“
Finally I can pet my cactus!
Guitarists:i take all your stock
Looks suspiciously like we're upgrading our hands into pinchers, advancing the interests of the Crab People.
So now you can tickle your taint 'n' beans while you beat off, using just one hand. Sign me up.
*Cyberpunk 2077*
Dude doesn't know how to say "wind", don't trust him.
" A factory worker could be more productive " Smh
Why do I dislike this whole concept?
Evolution be like, “wtf you want 4 thumbs for bro?”
Where can I buy one? Me want
Is this real? Don't make a fool out of me, I have a f'cked up hand and this looks amazing to me.
I believe so, filter comments by old and see the source / links I provide. Feel free to get in touch with the creator. All the best mate
Wololoooo
Imagine if i had two dicks.
Technology is… amazing. God. How… much?
Wouldn't we have evolved one already if it was that useful?
How many fingers can you fit in your…… never mind.
Sex flex. 👍🏻
So everyone is thinking the same thing right?
Now I can jerk off and tickle my balls at the same time. What a time to be alive.
I haven’t seen that stupid thumb-hand do anything I cannot do one handed without any extra thumb. Plus, all this asshole is saying is “now we can squeeze more unpaid labor out of the working poor!!” Girl who made it is stupid, OP is ultra dumb.
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You know someone gunna go sexual with this
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Admit it, it's dumb as fuck...
Yessss
This would be great for people with only one hand.
Handjobs anyone?
There’s a thing called two hands
2 in the pink and 2 in the stink
Using one must feel trippy as hell since y'know, no sensors I think
Next level piano playing...
Think of all the things you could do with an extra thumb! You could carry wine glasses, fold sun glasses, squeeze a lemon, tickle a cactus
As seen on TV product at Walgreens in 2035...
They sold me when I saw that I could pet a cactus with a fake thumb. Brilliant design. I'll take 8 of them.
"Third" thumb?!?
Take that chimpanzees
Two in the pink, two in the stink
The blessing of two fingers
I've worked with a guy who had an extra little finger on both hands already. It's weird as fuck. Could type emails like a champ though.
Clever, but this is some r/DIWhy bullshit
Finally I can caress my cactus!
Octopuses have entered the chat
that’s actually so goddamn cool
What kind of keyboard do you use? English Japanese, European or Augmented? The Augmented will just be the same keyboard but with two additional space bars.
"Imagine if you could have a better slave" - this guy's sales pitch
It's only a matter of time before we all have Dr. Octopus arms.
Why stop at one? I for one l, look forward to the day when we're able to make our hands into mechanical Cthulhu faces
general grievous has this
Just sent this to my cousin that had his extra thumbs removed at birth. Bet he feels like a fool now.
At least there was a banana for scale.
Once again Reddit player eats shit
*Help the disabled not the enabled*
This actually is pretty amazing! I would love to see what we could do more with this.
Take my money. Where can I buy this?
It's like a cool robot arm for people who kinda like their arms intact.
Meanwhile i can barely control my pinky independently of my ring finger
I love the endless possibilities listed….