3D printed prosthetic hand wins Dyson Award

Posted on 26 Aug 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
A 3D printed prothesis developed by Open Bionics. Image courtesy of Open Bionics.

A 3D printed prosthetic hand produced by UK-based company, Open Bionics has won the UK James Dyson Award.

This prosthesis is a radical improvement due to the fact that it can be produced much faster and more cheaply than previous designs. In order to create one of these new prostheses, Open Bionics uses 3D scanning to build a computerised picture of the area the prosthesis will attach to. This is then fed into a…

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