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 Livius · 2014-10-19 15:52 · Score: 3, Funny

Which we just so happen to use for drinking cups
It's sad that the state of consumer protection is such that I don't find that reassuring.
Re:biocompatibility by wonkey_monkey · 2014-10-19 19:27 · Score: 4, Funny

so I'm going to go out on a limb
Too soon.

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