3D-Printed Prosthetic Hands for Children

Technion students and researchers are providing new hope for amputee children.

Students from the Biorobotics and Biomechanics Lab in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, led by Prof. Alon Wolf — together with the nonprofit organization Haifa3D — are making 3D-printed prosthetic hands for children.

While prosthetics are often prohibitively expensive, these limbs are given for free to children from Israel, Gaza, the West Bank, and Syria. The hands, which are custom made for each child and feature comic book designs, provide a degree of functionality, enabling children to grasp objects or catch a ball. Most importantly, they boost the confidence of children who may have previously felt “different” from their peers.

Read jpost’s coverage of this uplifting research here.