WEARABLES / BIONIC HAND
HELPING HANDS
HOW I BUILT A 3D-PRINTED PROSTHETIC HAND — FOR MYSELF
FORCE DOES NOT COME FROM MUSCLES BUT FROM MUTUAL ASSISTANCE. Unity makes us stronger. I appreciate this because I am not shaped like Sylvester Stallone.
Since an accident with a hydraulic press 12 years ago, I wear a myoprosthesis — an electrical hand that I can control by muscle sensors. There are new models that are much better, but they are very expensive. I tried them all –from RSLSteeper’s bebionic to Ottobock’s Michelangelo — but even $50,000 models were lacking. It was a moot point; my favorite was not covered by health care.
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