e-NABLE is a hype[r]-decentralized online community of makers, 3D printer operators, designers & engineers who design 3D printed prosthetic hands. Volunteers from all over the world cooperate by writing the copy, doing designs, doing photography and together help kids who don't have prosthetic hands. Regular prosthetics costs tens of thousands of dollars. They are unaffordable in developing countries.
Furthermore, even in wealthy nations they are not given to kids. Since kids grow rapidly it would necessitate giving them new prosthetics every few months or years. This is too expensive. Because of this kids are often given simple plastic hands or hooks that provide little or no functionality. Only when they are fully grown are they given a hand that can be used to pick up things. e-NABLE is trying to change this and make functional desktop 3D printed prosthetics available to kids everywhere for $25-$50.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 18 2014, @02:43AM
You mean emerging markets. Gotta sell dem suckers some cheap plastic shit, make sure they in debt fo life, foo.
(Score: 2) by migz on Friday July 18 2014, @07:52AM
That plus 3d printer farm!
http://www.robohand.net/ [robohand.net]