3D Printed Electronic Arm Printed For 13 Year old Girl

Here is yet another awesome story about a 3D printed prosthetic arm changing the life of another individual. Students at Washington University in St. Louis decided to help a 13 year old girl, named Sydney Kendall, who lost her right arm in a boating accident when she was 6. They set out to 3D print her an electronic prosthetic arm, which she requested be pink. The full details of the arm can be found here: http://3dprint.com/3416/electronic-3...prosthetic-arm

The arm cost the students about $200 in materials vs, the typical $6000 or more for a prosthetic arm. Sydney can now do things like use a computer mouse and throw a ball. She can make the fingers grasp an object simply by lowering her shoulder. Here is a picture of Sydney and the students who have helped her:

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