Using a 3D printer from Makerbot, prosthetic hands can be made in a day or two for a fraction of the cost of traditional prosthetics. What started as a project between two men — South African Richard ...

Robohand produces 3-D printed mechanical fingers, hands and arms. The first Robohand ever created was made for five-year-old Liam, who was born with a condition that left him with no fingers on his ...

Robohand is a prime example of necessity being the mother of invention. After Richard van As lost four fingers in a woodworking accident, the South African carpenter discovered that prosthetics ...

Supposing you've had several fingers chopped off in the recent past and you understand how to operate a scissors, Robohand may well have a solution for you. The company began with a fellow by the name ...

JOHANNESBURG — Richard Van As, a South African carpenter, lost four fingers from his right hand to a circular saw two years ago. He was unable to afford the tens of thousands of dollars to get a ...

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