The $100 3D-Printed Artificial Limb

[DEAD7]

"In 2012, TIME wrote about Daniel Omar, a 14-year-old in South Sudan who lost both arms to a bomb dropped by his own government. Mick Ebeling of Not Impossible Labs read the story, was moved — and went to Sudan, where he set up a 3D printing lab which can produce an artificial arm for $100. Omar and others have received them, and Ebeling hopes that other organizations around the world will adopt his open-source design to help amputees, many of whom will never receive more conventional prosthetics."

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

"In 2012, TIME wrote about Daniel Omar, a 14-year-old in South Sudan who lost both arms to a bomb dropped by his own government. Mick Ebeling of Not Impossible Labs read the story, was moved — and went to Sudan, where he set up a 3D printing lab which can produce an artificial arm for $100. Omar and others have received them, and Ebeling hopes that other organizations around the world will adopt his open-source design to help amputees, many of whom will never receive more conventional prosthetics."

This is some trill shyt. Working in healthcare and knowing how much shyt costs, I love, absolutely love reading about things like this.

 

[Naijan]

shyts going be like rush valley in fullmetal alchemist

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

the other day on reddit some guy posted about how expensive some little cord connector was, someone posted schematics for the connector on reddit and another guy used his 3D printer to make them. the future is gonna be cray brehs

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

thats flippin crazy

id still take my prosthetic over 3d limb though

 

[Mr. Somebody]

thats flippin crazy

id still take my prosthetic over 3d limb though

Why?

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

Why?

durability for one, wooden prosthesis break easily, it wasn't until i had one made of titanium, that it has lasted with no issues.

for third world countries and the people that cant afford it im all for it