It was found that when instructed to perform eight electric-piano-playing tasks, both the experienced and inexperienced volunteers adapted to the thumb within one hour, using it to help perform those ...

What surprisingly revived the "Mad Max," who was seriously considering retirement, was the piano. By playing piano keys, he escaped the nagging thumb pain and succeeded in extending his active career.

A robotic extra thumb can be controlled well enough by some people to be used while playing piano. Since 2015, Aldo Faisal at Imperial College London and his colleagues have been developing a robotic ...

[Gurpreet] fell in love with the peaceful, floaty theme from the Avatar series and bought a kalimba so he could hear it resonate through his fingertips. He soon realized that although it’s nice to ...