Computer drafting students at a Clark County school are in the middle of a special project to design and 3D print a prosthetic hand for their classmate. Donald Cordell, 18, was born without fingers on ...

When Jackson Farmer was in kindergarten at Red Cross Elementary School in Glasgow, Kentucky, one of his teachers noticed that he would often come to school wearing a rubber hand. Farmer was born ...

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 ...

Technology is more than just mechanisms and design -- it's ultimately about people. Adriene Simon/College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, CC BY-SA To think about an artificial limb is to think ...

WARSAW, Ind. (WSBT) — A class of young engineers in Warsaw has not only joined a global movement of helpful technology, but they've also built a prosthetic hand for their classmate in the process.

A team of four Miami University undergraduate students is working to develop an affordable 3D-printed prosthetic hand that costs less than $100 and can be produced in 36 hours, addressing a shortage ...

The world of prosthetics has been changed forever thanks to the advent of 3D printing. We recently covered a story about a gentleman who received a 3D-printed face repair. Today, however, we've got a ...

(THE CONVERSATION) To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It’s an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and interacts with its user’s world.