After connecting on Reddit, good samaritan Paul Hodara offered a free 3D-printed prosthetic finger to Adam Cutshall, who called the gesture a “truly selfless act” Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for ...

David Edquilang, a recent University of Houston graduate, is the visionary mind behind an innovative finger prosthesis aptly named Lunet, which has garnered acclaim and recognition worldwide. In our ...

A groundbreaking, easy-to-use 3D printable finger prosthesis created by a recent University of Houston graduate could offer amputees a low-cost solution to restore finger functionality. David ...

Lunet is made up of common 3D-printed plastics polylactic acid and thermoplastic polyurethane. Each finger contains four parts held together by plastic pins. A groundbreaking, easy-to-use 3D printable ...

The resulting 3D-printed prosthesis (which won a 2023 Red Dot: Luminary award) is composed entirely of polylactic acid and thermoplastic polyurethane plastics. It has five main components: a hand ...

Around ten years ago, fantastic media coverage of 3D printing dramatically increased expectations for the technology. A particular darling of that coverage was the use of 3D-printing for prosthetic ...

When Peregrine Hawthorn breaks a finger, all he has to do is improve on the design and print a new one. The 19-year-old from Seattle was born without fingers on his left hand, but in 2013 he learned ...

For this first time in his life, Pete Peeks was able to use both hands to hang Christmas lights outside his house this year — thanks to the help of a high school robotics team. Peeks, 38, was born ...

After this loss, accessing and affording traditional prosthetic devices can present their own challenge to these individuals, who are often in developing countries with limited medical care. A group ...

It is projected that there are more than 57 million amputees worldwide and only about 5 percent of them have access to prosthetic care and technology. Those that do have access to prostheses are often ...

When he was 13 years old, the age at which adolescents are entering their most awkwardly self-conscious teenage years, Christophe Debard had his leg amputated. Just a couple of years earlier, he had ...