CHANNELS

Aerospace

Automotive

Automated & Autonomous Vehicles

Battery & Electrification Technology

Defense

Drone TV

Electronics

Manufacturing & Prototyping

Materials

Medical

Motion Control

RF & Microwave Technology

Robotics & Automation

Sensors & IoT

Test & Measurement

Aerospace
Automotive
Automated & Autonomous Vehicles
Battery & Electrification Technology
Defense
Drone TV
Electronics
Manufacturing & Prototyping
Materials
Medical
Motion Control
RF & Microwave Technology
Robotics & Automation
Sensors & IoT
Test & Measurement
Aerospace & Defense
Search Results

3D Printing Prosthetic Arms for Children of War-Torn South Sudan

The war in Sudan has left over 50,000 amputees and many are children. Not Impossible, a Venice, CA-based media and technology company, is using 3D printing to provide hands and arms for amputees. After meeting Daniel, a 14-year old who had both of his arms blown off by a bomb, Not Impossible founder Mick Ebeling set up a 3D-printing prosthetic lab and training facility in Sudan's Nuba Mountains. In November 2013, Daniel received version 1 of his left arm and fed himself for the first time in two years. The Daniel Hand came to fruition by crowd-sourcing innovators including the South African inventor of the Robohand, an Australian MIT neuroscientist, and a 3D printing company owner from Northern California. The project was supported by the NY-based precision engineering company Precipart and by Intel.

Topics:
Automation Implants & Prosthetics Manufacturing & Prototyping Medical Rapid Prototyping & Tooling Robotics

More From SAE Media Group

    Transcript

    00:00:04 [Music] he [Music] [Music] Daniel was 14 when the bomb took his arms [Music] I read the article about him and had to help I came to Sudan with 3D printers laptops spools of plastic and the goal

    00:01:17 to build Daniel an [Applause] [Music] arm you ready [Music] ohow [Music] oh Bo [Music] and then Daniel fed himself for the

    00:02:12 first time in 2 [Music] years but it's never about just one person you just double click is the hand [Music] 90° if we could teach the locals to do it themselves the project could live long after we left [Music]

    00:02:56 [Applause] [Music] and it did [Music]