While the human hand, with four fingers and opposable thumb, is pretty darn awesome, it still falls woefully short when it comes to some tasks -- such as opening a soda bottle or peeling a banana. MIT ...

It can be surprising and emotional for parents to see a newborn with six fingers on one or both hands. The first thought is often worry, wondering if this extra finger means something is seriously ...

First it was an extra set of shoulder-mounted robot arms, but now MIT feels that humanity could also benefit from a couple of extra robotic fingers on each hand. Faye Wu and other researchers at the ...

Polydactyly is the most common congenital digital anomaly of the hand. The three types of this condition are: (1) type I, in which the extra finger is a soft small tissue segment (post-axial nubbin); ...