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by Bruce Brown | June 21, 2017 | General News, Health
It can be inspiring and instructive to observe an innovative company progress to its goal of solving a huge problem. In this case, the issue is the high cost of and long wait time for prosthetic hands. We’ve been following Open Bionics for three years and...
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by Bruce Brown | March 8, 2017 | Enabling Tech, General News
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), each year approximately 1,500 babies in the United States are born with upper limb reductions and about 750 are born with lower limb reductions. While every incident is significant, the relatively low...
by Bruce Brown | March 10, 2016 | General News, Medical
3-D printing has been covered by mainstream consumer tech press since 2012. Earlier interest was limited largely to hobbyists and engineers. Even in 2012 and 2013, many of the examples of 3-D printing were of creating small plastic toys and parts. Skip forward just a...
