3-D Printed "Iron Man" Prosthetic Hands Now Available For Kids

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 19, 2014 @03:12PM from the in-time-for-hallowe'en-even dept.

PC World (drawing on an article from 3DPrint.com) notes that inventor Pat Starace has released his plans for a 3-D printable prosthetic hand designed to appeal both to kids who need it and their parents (who can't all afford the cost of conventional prostheses). The hand "has the familiar gold-and-crimson color scheme favored by Ol' Shellhead, and it's designed with housings for a working gyroscope, magnetometer, accelerometer, and other "cool sensors", as well as a battery housing and room for a low-power Bluetooth chip and charging port." It takes about 48 hours in printing time (and "a lot" of support material), but the result is inexpensive and functional.

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Re:biocompatibility by Charcharodon · 2014-10-19 21:22 · Score: -1, Flamebait

So can you tell me what the long-term effects of wearing this $45 printed device are?
So can you tell me what the long-term effects of not having a $45 printed device are? Yeah it's just like not having a hand at all.
What a beady eyed little fuck tard you are. Long before big daddy gov't came in and took over every aspect of our lives, people used to use things like their ingenuity to make their lives better. This guy comes up with something cool and you are shilling for the medical-gov't industrial complex.