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Prosthetics made by 3D printers

Updated 9:17 AM ET, Wed November 15, 2017

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The i-limb ultra (center) is a top-of-the-line electronic prosthetic that <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/01/tech/bionic-hand-ilimb-prosthetic/">costs $100,000</a>. Surrounding it are body-powered devices developed and built by a community of e-NABLE volunteers for roughly $150 a hand.
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The i-limb ultra (center) is a top-of-the-line electronic prosthetic that costs $100,000. Surrounding it are body-powered devices developed and built by a community of e-NABLE volunteers for roughly $150 a hand.
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e-NABLE started with approximately 70 volunteers in 2013, and has since become a worldwide movement of thousands of volunteers in 100 countries.
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e-NABLE started with approximately 70 volunteers in 2013, and has since become a worldwide movement of thousands of volunteers in 100 countries.
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The organization pairs volunteers up with those in need of a "helping hand." To date between 2,500 and 3,000 devices have been built and delivered to recipients all over the world.
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The organization pairs volunteers up with those in need of a "helping hand." To date between 2,500 and 3,000 devices have been built and delivered to recipients all over the world.
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The Talon hand is a <a href="http://blog.solidoodle.com/2014/03/father-and-son-make-prosthetic-device-with-their-solidoodle/" target="_blank">popular model designed</a> by a teacher, Peter Binkley, for his son, Peregrine Hawthorne. They both design and test devices for the e-NABLE community.
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The Talon hand is a popular model designed by a teacher, Peter Binkley, for his son, Peregrine Hawthorne. They both design and test devices for the e-NABLE community.
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<a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/health/online-community-lends-a-hand-to-build-prosthesis-for-mukwonago-girl-b99205013z1-248250401.html" target="_blank">Shea Stollenwerk, </a>one of the first recipients of an e-NABLE hand, collaborated on hand prototypes with a design class at the University of Wisconsin. She has so many hands the community made her a "handbag" to carry them all.
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Shea Stollenwerk, one of the first recipients of an e-NABLE hand, collaborated on hand prototypes with a design class at the University of Wisconsin. She has so many hands the community made her a "handbag" to carry them all.
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The e-NABLE designs are simple enough that children can build them. Over the past year and a half over 2,000 schools and robotics teams have participated in creating hands.
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The e-NABLE designs are simple enough that children can build them. Over the past year and a half over 2,000 schools and robotics teams have participated in creating hands.
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e-NABLE also encourages students to come up with designs for those who are missing a finger, or who have lost function in their fingers due to arthritis, disease and nerve damage.
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e-NABLE also encourages students to come up with designs for those who are missing a finger, or who have lost function in their fingers due to arthritis, disease and nerve damage.
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