Two-year-old Zaxton was born with only a thumb and a pinky. Without his missing fingers, it can be difficult for Zaxton to handle certain objects. When Herb Wasson, a teacher at Leander High School in Texas, asked these three juniors to build a custom prosthetic hand for the two-year-old brother of a former student, they… Continue reading These High School Students Are Creating a Prosthetic Hand for a Two-Year-Old
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Terminator-Like Prosthetic Arm on Display in 3-D Printing Exhibit
In the future, will we be able to 3-D print replacement body parts? Researchers at the University of Nottingham are working hard to make such a future possible. To give the public a taste of what’s to come, Professor Richard Hague, director of the University’s Additive Manufacturing and 3-D Printing Research Group, and his students… Continue reading Terminator-Like Prosthetic Arm on Display in 3-D Printing Exhibit
