Courtesy of Mish.
What do you do when you cannot afford a $30,000 prosthetic hand that your son needs?
Two years ago, Paul McCarthy began searching for an inexpensive yet functional prosthetic hand for his son Leon, who was born without fingers on one of his hands.
McCarthy came across a video online with detailed instruction on how to use a 3-D printer to make a prosthetic hand for his son. McCarthy made a prosthetic hand for his son for a cost of $5 and free time on a 3D printer.
Link if video does not play: prosthetic hand made by 3-D printer
Large Mechanical Hand
A “large mechanical hand” invention by Ivan Owen is what kicked off the technological progression to “Robohand”.
Here is an interesting, 49 second Video on Owen’s Mechanical Hand
Dexterity To Children With No Fingers
As noted by NPR, 3-D Printer Brings Dexterity To Children With No Fingers followed “Mechanical Hand”. Here are a couple of images.
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