Before 3D printing, students use a computer-aided design program to create or modify the scale of a model prosthetic device and save it into an STL file. Many STL files with pre-made designs can be ...

Open-source files mean you can design and print your own prosthetic limb. / Enhanced Humans / 3 D Printing / Open Source / Prosthesis Updated 11.9.16, 2:35 PM EST by Eleazer Corpuz ...

“With 3D printing you can continue to use the file and update.” Not Impossible’s hand and arm design includes the use of customizable Orthoplastic, a breathable plastic to cover the part of ...

Making a very simple prosthetic arm can cost $1,000 for the materials alone. But 3D scanning and printing can shrink the cost to as little as $4. In Guatemala, where some families might earn $50 ...

In recent years, prosthetics have seen a dramatic increase in innovation due to the rise of 3D printing. [Nicholas Huchet] — missing a hand due to a workplace accident in 2002 — spent h… ...

When he was 13 years old, Christophe Debard had his leg amputated. Jump forward to the present day, and his experiences have led him to create the startup Print My Leg. It offers open-source ...

Six-year-old Alex Pring was born without his right arm and had always struggled in life, but students from the University of Central Florida (UCF) have created a 3D printed prosthetic arm so he ...

Williams designed and built a 3D-printed arm for Garrett after his dad, an associate professor at UTA, heard about the possibilities of the "Fab Lab." "I love building things. That alone makes me ...

While a standard prosthetic hand for child may cost upward of $9,000, a 3D printed version can be made for just a fraction of that amount. It took Peterson about three months to make Liam's new ...

Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, is the process of creating an object from a computer-aided design. Cal State Fullerton engineering students designed the arm to meet Rich Skerbitz’s ...