Disability activist and model on deciding to expose her prosthesis
Top-of-the-line #prosthetic #devices have come so far — the materials they’re made of and the sophisticated #technology embedded within them — that people raised on action movies and science fiction easily leap to the conclusion that they’re as good as, or perhaps even better, than what most of us are born with.
3D Printability combines 3D scanning, modelling and printing technologies with custom software and affordable hardware to produce prosthetic and orthotic mobility devices for children and youth.
http://niatech.org/
Athlete, actor and activist Aimee Mullins talks about her prosthetic legs -- she's got a dozen amazing pairs -- and the superpowers they grant her: speed, beauty, an extra 6 inches of height ... Quite simply, she redefines what the body can be.
On top of the loss of her lower leg to an amputation, a Regina woman is facing the additional struggle of being unable to get a prosthesis that matches her skin tone. Source
The e-NABLE Community is an amazing group of individuals from all over the world who are using their 3D printers to create free 3D printed hands and arms for those in need of an upper limb assistive device.
Open Prosthetics (OP) is a web-based education and collaboration initiative of the Shared Design Alliance, a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. We are dedicated to facilitating crowd-sourced curation of information and collaboration in the field of prosthetics and coping with missing body parts in general.
https://openprosthetics.org/
The Given Limb Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of veterans and other individuals with amputations or diminished use of their limbs.
https://givenlimb.org/
A Renfrew man who lost most of his left hand in a motorcycle accident has become the first patient to benefit from The Ottawa Hospital’s medical 3D printing program.
