As the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition continues this week, we’ve spoken to a designer showcasing her design of a third thumb.
Dani Clode’s ‘The Third Thumb’ attaches to your hand and is controlled by your toe using signals from the brain. However, they’re still looking into how the brain copes with an extra body part.
Tech & Science Daily also spoke to Lucy Dowdall, a PhD student at the University of Cambridge’s cognition and brains unit, who has been working with Dani on testing the technology.
Facebook-owner Meta has just announced its latest AI can translate 204 different languages at a higher quality than previously achieved.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called the AI translation a "superpower".
A group of campaigners say the Online Safety Bill currently going through parliament is “on the verge of being unworkable”.
Tech & Science Daily spoke to Poppy Wood from Reset, a tech and democracy campaign group among the 16 organisations who say the Bill is currently focused on the wrong areas of regulation.
Apple is bringing a new ‘lockdown mode’ to its iPhone, iPad and Mac devices that allows users to drastically limit some features, to protect their device from infection. Hangry? a study by Anglia Ruskin University found that an empty stomach is strongly linked to feeling angry and irritable. Blizzard is bringing Blizzcon back as an in-person event next year, and an extremely rare ploughshare tortoise with three legs and mobility modifications has been given a new home at Chester Zoo.
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