I was totally expecting her to do some crazy trick shot on the billiards table rather than light a lighter.
Anyway it's nice to see technology used for non-depressing things.
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I was totally expecting her to do some crazy trick shot on the billiards table rather than light a lighter.
Anyway it's nice to see technology used for non-depressing things.
It is the depressing things done with technology, that necessitate the non depressing things. Prosthetics like that likely cost 100x the price from a prosthetics company, and of course insurance companies will say it isn't medically necessary
It's the mundane everyday things you can't do anymore that you miss the most.
true, I was just distracted by the ever present table. Of course a billiards table also takes up a lot of space and it would be hard not to have it in the camera frame.
Is this something I could help people access? I have a high end 3d printer.
You totally should hook up with Ian Davis. He's trying to bring his mechanical hand to market as a kit and he's been at it for years. If you have a metal 3D printer, I'm sure he'd love to work with you.
I have a high-end printer capable of using carbon fiber filament, though I bet PETG would be more than strong enough.
Never underestimate an amputee's ability to wear off and break any prosthesis 🙂 Nothing is strong enough to resist real life, heavy use multiple hours a day. Amputees don't have the time or luxury to baby their prostheses: they need them to function and live an ordinary life. Prostheses get a real beating and making them last is a properly difficult engineering challenge.
I mean, that absolutely makes sense.