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Father builds prosthetic hand for son with 3D printer

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Well this is just about the coolest story I have seen in weeks. Instead of a $30k prosthetic hand the father could not afford he found a open source project online for a prosthetic hand that can be build by a 3D printer for about $5-$10. Incredible

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15DE8_-ptZ8

 

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And then I ask why does a prosthetic hand cost $30,000.

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This makes me happy

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Now imagine if he can build different hands for different purposes like eating,typing,brushing teeth,riding bike etc2. All these will have different strength,weight,surface texture. an so on, while only costing a few bucks. I see a business potential there..

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This is truly amazing, so happy to see people finding use for this technology. 

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Nice find, and @Woolbeach I know right maybe something can come of this and cut down on those ridiculous prices for prosthetics. 

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Unfortuanetly i can't watch the video, but man that's awesome! :D

P.S this should be on the WAN show.

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Your profile pic matches your commen. Lol :D

hahah i noticed the "match". such ah "ehhhhhh....." face :P

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This makes me happy

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Dad of the year... (tears)...love to hear something good once in a while

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This makes whoever charges 30k for the arm look like a extremely greedy and uncaring person

 

Your average corporation then :D

 

Ah no, I'm sure that the prosthetic they were referring to is quite advanced where as this is very very basic. Still, 30k is a crazy amount

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And then I ask why does a prosthetic hand cost $30,000.

Depends on the level of sophistication of the arm, and how closely it mimics a human arm. Then there's also the surgery cost of attaching the arm to the nervous system (if it is brain-controlled), but not all arms are. Then there's also the challenge of making the arm light, yet sufficiently strong to perform wider ranges of tasks.

 

You can attach a peg instead and it'll cost nothing. It'll just not be as dexterous as a real human arm. 

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I need to buy a printer so bad though I cant stop borrowing one, great post too.

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This is incredible. This guy deserves "Best Father of the Year" award, which is real starting.............Now.

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While it does get the job done, almost everyone is overlooking its limited functionality. Essentially, its just one big grabber toy without independent control over each finger; don't get me wrong, I am not saying that whats in the video is anything short of amazing, I'm just pointing out a majorly overlooked criteria.

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While it does get the job done, almost everyone is overlooking its limited functionality. Essentially, its just one big grabber toy without independent control over each finger; don't get me wrong, I am not saying that whats in the video is anything short of amazing, I'm just pointing out a majorly overlooked criteria.

 

I very much doubt that the majority of people are not aware that this has limitations but for 5 bucks??? 3D printers all the way baby

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very good idea. it should be taken up by a small company that makes them and then sells them for like $20 or $30. Then you dont have to buy a 3D printer.

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Follow up story regarding this one. New prosthetic hand with electronic sensors being produced for less than $400, all other parts are to be printed by user in a 3D printer so save costs. Also controller for hand is smartphone with app. very impressive, compared to what the Dad did this is light years ahead and much cooler. Man I love 3D printing

 

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http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/03/handie-prosthetic-cheaper-smartphone-3d-printing/?ncid=rss_truncated

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