3D printing prosthetic hands / arms / whatever

[bigandclever]

I know there are a few 3D printers on here .. is anyone involved with printing prosthetics, through an e-nable chapter, or Team UnLimbited, or whoever?

I’ve got an entry(ish) level printer, some time, and want to learn by doing something worthy. I know there are lots of open-sourced designs available; I guess one main question is how do you get connected with an individual who would benefit?

I have pinged a couple of the e-nable chapters, and am sure there’ll be a response soon, but why not ask the bottomless pit of wisdom that is PH.

[bigandclever]

I’ll take that as ‘no-one’ then

[Sebring440]

bigandclever said:

how do you get connected with an individual who would benefit?

I think that bit has creeped everyone out of the discussion.

How does your R&D budget, extensive testing programme, and (obviously) your extensive knowledge of the prosthetic field, equate into your proposition?

[bigandclever]

Sebring440 said:

bigandclever said:

how do you get connected with an individual who would benefit?

I think that bit has creeped everyone out of the discussion.

How does your R&D budget, extensive testing programme, and (obviously) your extensive knowledge of the prosthetic field, equate into your proposition?

Weird stance.

Anyway, if you take the likes of Team UnLimbited .. they provide the open-sourced designs for their prosthetic hands. The end-recipient provides 3 key measurements that are used to create the base files for the 3d printer. These aren’t 20 grand bionic limbs.