How 3-D-Printed Prosthetic Hands Are Changing These Kids’ Lives

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Traditional prosthetics can cost thousands of dollars and need to be replaced as children grow. A group of volunteers is using open-source technology and 3-D printers to provide free prosthetic hands for children and adults who need them. In this short from filmmaker Charlie Nordstrom, learn about e-NABLE, the organization behind the idea. Hear from Kieran, a child whose life has been improved by the device, and see the whole process unfold at Autodesk, a creative workshop in San Francisco.
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@GoHerping 8 жыл бұрын

I love the look of them, neat colors and designs. Like they said, I agree and I think it's really neat how they purposefully don't make the prosthetics look like "real" hands/arms

@lobetec314 5 жыл бұрын

Wow never imagined to see you here o.O

@geckowithamustache3146 3 жыл бұрын

@@lobetec314 same

@geckowithamustache3146 3 жыл бұрын

HIIIII I have been a big fan for a long time

@kayleeleal1424 8 жыл бұрын

This is my friend's little brother who is also my neighbor. I've known this family for a long time and seeing this makes me very happy. 💙

@Nayr907 8 жыл бұрын

This is too cool. We need more projects like this that make a difference.

@randommade2105 8 жыл бұрын

we net to figure out how to make artificial nerves that will tell your prosthetic what to do and make the hands slimmer and more durable

@idklol4008 Жыл бұрын

Yeah that’s true

@MonsterHunter267 Жыл бұрын

Puts a beautiful shine on the phrase, "giving somebody a hand." It's amazing how much 3D printing has done and is capable of doing. From hobbies who print a million benchies to the medical industry doing stuff like this. It's incredible.

@paulgilbert5649 5 жыл бұрын

Our grandson has no left hand from above the elbow. Our son has formed a charity in Poland to build these 3D printed hands for children. it’s called “Hands on”. It’s partly funded by the Rotary club in Poland.

@Ntmoffi 8 жыл бұрын

This is the beginning of something great.

@TELOVR 3 жыл бұрын

If we had a lot more kind people in the world, today's world would be such a great place.

@gihankanishka 8 жыл бұрын

lots of love and lots of strength to all of the people making a change in the peoples lives who really need it. so happy to see this and so much respect.

@matthewbohlken6268 8 жыл бұрын

prosthetics, proof that if everyone gives their fellow man a HAND today, the world can be a much better place tomorrow...

@vatochongo14 8 жыл бұрын

I'm crying right now that is so amazing and awesome

@PediatricPhysicalTherapy 3 жыл бұрын

A great clip! This clearly shows the benefit patients can derive from a relatively low cost device that can be created by small teams everywhere. Well done!

@Abel-nl2yo 7 жыл бұрын

An hour of CAD?? 😮 Bruh. On another note this is incredible. God be with these folks

@ReneODeay 5 жыл бұрын

just how thrilled parents have to be to watch their kids learn how to use them.

@ThePassword1001 8 жыл бұрын

my faith in humanity is restored.

@Alex-ze5ps 8 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@benbaker7440 8 жыл бұрын

Sadly it probably won't be restored long

@jr.jorgesandoval9427 8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Baker my name is STARPEPE!

@ThePassword1001 8 жыл бұрын

+Ben Baker oh ! how so. ?

@NaxHiri 8 жыл бұрын

+Anthony Newland And then you see dislikes on video like this and its instantly gone again.

@BltchErica 8 жыл бұрын

I'd mold those pieces and cast some more quality material in there and put a carbon fiber skin over and carve a square into it to put a smartwatch without straps in it. That would be so coool!!

@crazyman5307 8 жыл бұрын

What that boy is doing and how he sees what he involved in is fantastic.

@richardallwright1879 5 жыл бұрын

I believe this is a wonderful thing and it would bring great happiness to thousands of disabled.

@fyiaustralia9686 4 жыл бұрын

This is just a fantastic initiative. Well done to the design team.

@a1a2a3a4a5a6a75 8 жыл бұрын

Put a web shooter onto that red and blue coloured Spider-Man hand and that kids childhood will be complete.

@jennifer9084 8 жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful cause. Great to see people tackling the problem and finding real solutions for it.

@tifthetif6567 2 жыл бұрын

If you travel the worl you will see moat people are kind and world is much kinder then you think

@evrettej 8 жыл бұрын

Now that is so cool! What a way to make a great change in people's lives.

@bikingmnviking3801 8 жыл бұрын

*This* is wisdom finally catching up with technology. I know firsthand it's not fun to hide a not-so-normal hand.

@MarinelliBrosPodcast 3 жыл бұрын

They said that it costs less than $100 to print. Factor in labor, electricity, buildings and other miscellaneous costs and it probably costs $175-$200. Even if they sold them for a profit at $300-$400, it's still $1000s cheaper than the alternative. They could use the profits to expand production and provide it to children worldwide, having more of these in the hands of kids (get it, in the 'hands' of kids). It's still great that they are doing it for free though.

@TheFurriestOne 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff! People using technology to make the world a better place!

@loganeagle1124 7 жыл бұрын

So cool!! watching this video makes me feel happy for all the kids and people who don't have hands they can get the closest to a real hand!

@RavenMoon1989z 3 жыл бұрын

That is so awesome! Glad they are helping people who really need it

@3rdset133 8 жыл бұрын

Whoever dislikes has a dark heart

@hotmailcombk 8 жыл бұрын

i just disliked

@DrewPBalls 8 жыл бұрын

racist

@HidekiShinichi 8 жыл бұрын

+pseudo intellectual what racial related is touched here to call someone racist? xD you are just dumbass

@alexsalamon7147 8 жыл бұрын

+Hideki Shinichi probably the latter

@watgoog 8 жыл бұрын

+Hideki Shinichi Nope. Just a typical troll.

@ezzy1324 4 жыл бұрын

Wow Im so glad this exists and i only hope for it to get better and better

@joshfruin1759 5 жыл бұрын

I felt bad at the start when he said he was bullied as I have the exact same problem as I too suffer from amniotic band syndrome and am missing my left hand however I'm treated with respect and people around me seem to love me for having one hand

@barrydavid6634 3 жыл бұрын

this Kierans arm stump looks awesome

@user-kr1nh7zh1r 8 жыл бұрын

I'm happy for him.

@tonywang9026 8 жыл бұрын

....The true science is not for money.

@mumbojumbo159 8 жыл бұрын

Innovation at its finest

@sinzarh 7 жыл бұрын

GETTING BULLIED FOR A HAND LIKE THAT?! DUDE YOU SHOULDVE BEEN THE MOST POPULAR! thats fucking awesome.

@Condemn-Focus 8 жыл бұрын

Well done i will pass the future generation on their journey ahead of the youth.

@oriancunningham 3 жыл бұрын

I have a 3d printers just sitting around, would love to print these

@p1ntu_ 2 жыл бұрын

I think you can get a blueprint online

@Volboneron 8 жыл бұрын

Cool stuff is coming for the future, hope i live for 300 hundred years

@toureiro 8 жыл бұрын

That's so insanely cool.

@mslataprada1 8 жыл бұрын

I just want to say Thank you!

@ratatataraxia 8 жыл бұрын

Omg that's fucking awesome!! God bless everyone involved in this!

@prasenjitmondal673 8 жыл бұрын

Proud to be a part of this :)

@vishallvaishnav 3 жыл бұрын

❤️ best video. Happiness, life , joy emotions and love. Absolutely Great invention.

@Padmagandhi 3 жыл бұрын

KIDS ARE VERY HAPPY ATHAI PARKKUM POTHU I AM HAPPY I LOVE YOU ALL CHALLAMES

@OfficialNetDevil 5 жыл бұрын

I guess you could say this kid had a hand in the project’s success. I’ll show myself out now lol.

@raccoon351 8 жыл бұрын

i want to chop off my own hand and replace it with something cool like that

@iplay527 8 жыл бұрын

ikr

@codybarber892 8 жыл бұрын

Who could press the dislike button on something like this you must be a low life good job these kids need it wow

@GandalfTheTsaagan 8 жыл бұрын

If any of those kids is a star wars fan, sure will enjoy his/her hand

@axela.9247 8 жыл бұрын

Stuff like this makes me want to become an engineer

@NghiaNguyen-mm4vo 2 ай бұрын

Is there a page where i can see the mechanics and how it works ? That hand is amazing.

@SvTrilogyDoug 7 ай бұрын

I would love to be a volunter and make hands for kids.

@christinefrances5598 6 ай бұрын

Brilliant!!! Well Done!!!!!

@skyadriana5419 8 жыл бұрын

my friend invented a stick for blind people that ’visualizes’ the surroundings by using a proximity sensor and vibration. He is a blind person 100%, first tests were successful, following two weeks he will be testing it in the metro stations to check the performance of the device in other life situations. Could be of help to all visially impaired people. Another invention for non-profit.

@jacksondokken6697 2 жыл бұрын

Id love to run a company that does stuff like this at a low price!

@kyle7412 8 жыл бұрын

Incredible. The future really is now.

@Thesp88 7 жыл бұрын

😭😭😭 awesome people

@1loveisraelites848 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I need this for my baby boy

@dennyregova76 8 жыл бұрын

Hopefully we'll manage to have synthetic hands, arms, legs. That will be the day. Technology is there but I'm sure the cost is tremendous.

@DavOlek_ua 8 жыл бұрын

the kid speaks adult. good for him :)

@underappreciatedsoundtrack8870 8 жыл бұрын

Sweet. Don't have much else to say, this is really cool.

@vinjithapeiris4120 8 жыл бұрын

thats actually something great!!! love it you guys

@Ezracanlas360 8 жыл бұрын

these are the things that need to be funded not stupid agendas privileged people fight for oh good lord.

@Manoto17 8 жыл бұрын

yeah, yeah that's cool... but can you Rocket Punch?

@andoionmalvon5328 8 жыл бұрын

TAKE THIS!!!

@SeanStrife 8 жыл бұрын

+Manoto17 Give it a few years and we'll perfect that technology.

@charlywood 8 жыл бұрын

your kind is the reason why I come to the comment section

@jr.jorgesandoval9427 8 жыл бұрын

no its not solid weight suspension supported. its just a helping hand but if you want more protection well i recommend talking to a prosthetic engineer specialist to use from steel, stainless steel, partially aluminum, or layered from titanium to platinum to steel is also now possible but takes about two weeks for the machine to finish printing which is far more faster than sketching alone and designing with a doubt of success or failure which requires retrying all part designing and functions. also you would need to be a fairly good titled in a job to have a great pay to order the prosthetic custom of your liking. the price ranges from $10,200 per single prosthetic or higher price depending if its your custom of wanting to add a heavy prosthetic ofcourse heavy requires spinal support for the user and requires the user to be in a correct eligible age weight diet. to be able to use custom prosthetics. also some millionaires like buying these for their grandfathers that are seniors and need spinal support so they simply order a stainless steel exo spinal support suit. may be useful for some seniors but not all. some old people also tend to bitch about how technology is a disgrace to humanity. haha how utterly stupid are you people, if you want to live you have to survive if you want to survive you have to evolve if you want to evolve you need to reach your requirements. many people dont understand if you decide you dont wanna use the futures present technology that is helping hand for everyone. well appreciate mankind has created this for their and other species support in missing limbs or body muscle problems. well either you evolve with us or you can stay behind and not upgrade your life support. haha you people should know if you dont wanna take part in evolution well soon if you wanna or dont wanna you'll still strive in a forgotten timeline that for your eradicating mind against others you'll simply be to us a Ancient relic from a forgotten timeline. dont even bother protesting no one cares about protests thats why voting was created if you wanna protest well hellafuck are you doing in the street being a 7 year old chocalate selling brat that wants a forgotten glory to be relived haha not everyone is going to want to relive the past cause technology is helping us its not making us more stupid well haha Einstein was correct that this would happen well either way you cant stop evolution if you do every hard work life time or life giving for each project thats been successful and we've been living off of these brilliant people creations. why would you try wasting our time in a useless debate. haha our idea now is to say oh yeah yeah yeah ok lets go over here and we will take care of that. haha ofcourse the sarcasm haha you think were going to listen to random people over something that actually helps its own species. its like for example you people are all protesting against prosthetics and prosthetics helps people it doesnt kill what are you a 1 year old that says no to everything and thinks because if you cry youre able to convince others to give you what you want. haha please stop say no mas ✋. we dont act in letting protests do what they want if they wanna protest well go protest by going to a vote site. and lets see if you really want to let politics see people that are old are the wisest or nicest or patient. hah so many words to describe how some old people are nice now but some are very spoiled and react with bad manners. hmmm well evolution aint it a beautiful addition to all life forms. btw if you stay in the past not everyone is going to stay so think twice before acting like infant.

@GregChernoffGMC 8 жыл бұрын

+Manoto17 They remind me of Vi from League of Legends ;)

@AL-1.5M_Subscribers 8 жыл бұрын

really good work. god bless all of team member. heads of...

@edwinstevevillatoro7973 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS TRULY “INCLUSIVE “ Stuff!

@cmfkooky5127 8 жыл бұрын

these people are awesome

@PedroTawa 8 жыл бұрын

Awe warm my cold heart how sweet it gave me a cavity

@benbaker7440 8 жыл бұрын

This is really cool what they are doing

@catmechanic1261 8 жыл бұрын

I have a Dremel 3D printer,...and a bit of filament, and I have 16 years of Solidworks experience...How can I assist?

@MsMusicfangirl 3 жыл бұрын

Recent ultrasound of my sister in law revealed that baby's left hand only 2 fingers.. please suggest what should we do now..any method available like this??

@gitanjalikarki4249 5 жыл бұрын

happy new year dear to u family n nat geo ...........................love from india

@deleon7449 3 жыл бұрын

As soon as they start making ones that are more practical than real hands I'm cutting mine off

@saleemsunny4339 4 жыл бұрын

Where parchse hand parts. Plz tell me. My little sister have no right hand. Plz tell me. Thnx

@sweeseen9577 8 жыл бұрын

heart of engineer

@serok0971 5 жыл бұрын

Make a yoshimitsu hand that spins around! The kid will like it more i guess

@christianderas3253 3 жыл бұрын

I want a metallic arm

@p1ntu_ 2 жыл бұрын

Heavy

@karind7513 3 жыл бұрын

I love the hands! How are these controlled?

@fieryeurochick3194 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand the dislikes.

@lotad3357 3 жыл бұрын

imagine if there where two of them on 1 person

@karendurant4535 8 жыл бұрын

This is wonderful.

@brianfranklin2314 7 жыл бұрын

😔😭this is so heart warming

@jedigeneralb4884 6 жыл бұрын

These are so cool although I think mine is better

@jackzhang7328 8 жыл бұрын

I honest wonder what milkshake the dude was making. Chocolate???

@sukruoosten 8 жыл бұрын

god bless you guys for the good fight !!!!!!!!!!!

@digeradoo4522 6 жыл бұрын

If I lost a hand. I would change it to a Infinity War gauntlet hand. The posibilities are endless.

@dazergurl 4 жыл бұрын

This is great! How could an adult get one of these?

@the_autisticgamer 2 жыл бұрын

could someone get a link for one of these because some years ago my science taacher lost her fingers in a car crash where a big truck collided with her flipping the car upside down and her fingers got jammed in a window. it just makes me fell really sad so i told her i would make her one!

@Ogkanster22 8 жыл бұрын

technology has gotten stronger

@watgoog 8 жыл бұрын

+Louis West And will be deadly in a matter of 40 years...

@DeborahEdwardsOnoro 2 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't this video have captions?

@Hans_Owner_of_da_Franks 2 жыл бұрын

What's the STL cause my cousin broke his. Please help ASAP. (I have a printer just need stl)

@lorenzocastaneda8021 8 жыл бұрын

It is great and even berer wen is free for them

@wilkimhernandez 8 жыл бұрын

dude that's fucking awesome

@barrydavid6634 4 жыл бұрын

wow I love that boys awesome stump

@roylopez8516 6 жыл бұрын

My 7 year daughter was born without bones in her four fingers starting with the index to her pinky, my biggest fear is her being bullied and she has already told us story's of her getting teased about it. I want to know how can i get in touch with someone who can help?? If anyone out there knows please share the info with me. PLEASE AND THANK YOU!!

@juanrosales8996 6 жыл бұрын

did you ever get a response?

@bassocantante51 3 ай бұрын

Please bring this technology to the children of war….🙏

@mywyldflower1 6 жыл бұрын

What kind of person gives this a thumbs down? Really?

@halokid1002 3 жыл бұрын

He better not spam mini sentries on high tower

@Von-dee 6 жыл бұрын

I wish i can volunteer. Have you thought about making this project available for global volunteers, that would be amazing for the kids as well. Things like Aiesec i wish they had stronger opportunities like this one

@mr_twotoke9222 2 жыл бұрын

There are people like Jeff Bezos Who spend millions on themselves to go to space for 4 minutes. Then there are people like this that make miracles happen with what little they have to give. Be like these people!