Sunday, February 3, 2013

3D Printers are they the Wave of the Future?

Robohand: How cheap 3D printers built a replacement hand for a five-year old boy

Ivan Owen in Bellingham, Washington and Richard Van As in South Africa—have published the design for Robohand, the mechanical hand prosthesis, on MakerBot's Thingiverse site as a digital file that can be used to produce its parts in a 3D printer.Check out the article above and the video.

What do you think could 3D prints also have Environmental Health impacts in the future?