In 2018, the Loveland e-Nable group of makers delivered their first 3D-printed prosthetic arm to an 8-year-old girl in Kansas City. Now, years later, the group continues to improve their design and ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Heidi Hausse, Auburn University and Peden Jones, Auburn University (THE CONVERSATION) ...

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 ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — For Lily Larimer, having a "robot hand" is a great way to break the ice and play with her friends at school. Her parents say it gives her confidence and the ability to do ...

Cambodia’s only 3D-printing company teamed up with a Canadian prosthetics non-governmental organization to create 3D-printed artificial hands for Cambodian victims of land mine explosions. The pairing ...

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 ...

With the growth of 3D printing, it's entirely possible to 3D print your own prosthetic from models found in open-source databases. But those models lack personalized electronic user interfaces like ...

An enterprising 16-year-old in Kansas recently 3D-printed at prosthetic hand for his 9-year-old family friend, giving the young tyke the use of fingers for the first time in his life. And he did it ...

(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.