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02-17-2013, 12:55 PM
http://www.popsci.com/files/imagecache/article_image_large/articles/Liam_Tries_Robohand.png



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHiAItVdiw


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyC6_LY7oq0


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB53-D_N8Uc



2 months ago (http://www.youtube.com/comment?lc=EJHAMfzo3F91sZeNOkM0c019h3C9JIUAT0KfOD2 6qi0) As soon as we have more footage we will share it :) Liam was using the hand for the first time, so we didn't want him to have the discomfort of a camera filming him constantly :)




How Two Makers Built A Customizable New Prosthetic Hand For $150 And Changed A Boy's Life
http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2013-02/how-two-makers-built-customizable-new-prosthetic-hand-150-and-changed-boys-life


With 10,000 miles separating them, two makers designed and built a customizable 3-D-printed prosthetic hand for a 5-year old boy named Liam in South Africa for $150 in parts. No power necessary.