MAKERS PRINT OUT DURABLE, CUSTOM PROSTHETIC HANDS FOR NEEDY KIDS
Eight-year-old Luke was born without a left hand. Through the organization e-NABLE, he was able to get a custom 3-D-printed device that has helped boost his confidence.
One in 1,500 children is born with a partially formed arm, but for every prosthetic device received, hundreds of others go without. Many families simply cannot afford a prosthetic, which often costs thousands of dollars. Others find that, after shelling out for a fancy new hand, it performs poorly, or the child quickly outgrows it.
Now, a massive volunteer-driven movement is striving to solve that problem by creating cheap, durable 3-D–printed hands. Coordinated by a group called e-NABLE, the effort has so far distributed more than 400 plastic hands, which come in a range of colors and go by names such as the Raptor Hand and the Cyborg Beast, to children and adults in need.
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