(THE CONVERSATION) To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It’s an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and interacts with its user’s world.

After this loss, accessing and affording traditional prosthetic devices can present their own challenge to these individuals, who are often in developing countries with limited medical care. A group ...

When Peregrine Hawthorn breaks a finger, all he has to do is improve on the design and print a new one. The 19-year-old from Seattle was born without fingers on his left hand, but in 2013 he learned ...

Mentors: Dominik Konkolewicz, Ph.D and Dr. Jessica Sparks, Ph.D. Globally, thousands of individuals lose limbs and struggle to access affordable, effective, and reliable prosthetics. Commercial ...

Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary school students are working with "E-Nable" to create prosthetics using 3D printers. Their teacher explained that with two printers running in the computer lab, it takes ...

Around ten years ago, fantastic media coverage of 3D printing dramatically increased expectations for the technology. A particular darling of that coverage was the use of 3D-printing for prosthetic ...

Technology is more than just mechanisms and design -- it's ultimately about people. Adriene Simon/College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, CC BY-SA To think about an artificial limb is to think ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Heidi Hausse, Auburn University and Peden Jones, Auburn University (THE CONVERSATION) ...