Forging prosthetics from plastic for a pittance

2017 January

Technicians fit a Haitian amputee with a customized, locally printed Victoria Hand.
Technicians fit a Haitian amputee with a customized, locally printed Victoria Hand.

In a small, windowless lab in the University of Victoria’s faculty of engineering complex, prosthetic hands dangle from a peg board. These prototypes – produced with a 3-D printer and a few nuts and bolts – have launched a program that provides patients with customized, working hands in the most impoverished communities around the globe.

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