This controllable prosthetic, the Third Thumb, attaches to the right hand, granting wearers the ability to perform a slew of one-handed tasks such as grasping objects, opening bottles, sorting cards, and even peeling a banana.

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    5 months ago

    Pedals…Holy shit, yes, foot buttons. Wow. This is not sarcasm, I forgot pedals are just foot input, not limited to a specific purpose like music making or whatever. I don’t need more hand buttons I need pedals.

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      5 months ago

      They exist for gaming, but mostly just in racing controllers, since, well, those simulate vehicles with pedals. But yeah, in theory they’re just analog foot buttons indeed.

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        5 months ago

        I very recently went down this path. MSI made a cool one but it’s totally unavailable in the US. All the others I found require so much movement I think I’d find I’m too slow to make it useful for gaming.

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          I can imagine that.

          Reminds me of my experience with a rhythm game/RPG of sort from some time ago, that had battles being played like Dance Dance Revolution games. Only you had to switch in real time between 3 alternative charts to attack/defend/heal.

          It’s probably not actually meant for using with an actual DDR dance mat, but it’s a feature if you want to, and, well, I have mats. However there’s the problem of all those non-arrow commands, like switching panels, and it’s a bit much for just feet. So the way I tried it was using a controller for actions while I stepped to the arrow charts.

          My conclusion : coordinating all that stuff is fucking hard.