Nestled within the case’s foam inserts was a functioning 3D-printed model of a 500-year-old prosthetic hand. Fifteen minutes later, it broke.

A physics student adapted open source plans for a prosthetic hand to build a highly functional, affordable prosthetic, outlines a new report.

College and high school students in Greater Cincinnati are using 3D printing to solve medical problems in the community. A group of biomedical engineering students at the University of Cincinnati ...

And for the team in Greenville that produced the little girl's prosthetic hand, it's a rewarding way to help children with limb differences.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A group of engineering undergraduate students put their knowledge, creativity and resources to use and created a UB chapter of e-NABLE – an online global community who use 3D printers to make ...

The researchers from U-M's Orthotics and Prosthetics Center is trying to use 3D printing to set up a more permanent, professional procedure for quickly creating devices to get patients moving faster.

(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.

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 ...