{"id":154180,"date":"2023-01-02T12:23:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T18:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/a-biomechanical-engineer-combines-3d-printing-and-laser-cutting-technology-to-make-prosthetic-hands"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:23:53","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T18:23:53","slug":"a-biomechanical-engineer-combines-3d-printing-and-laser-cutting-technology-to-make-prosthetic-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/a-biomechanical-engineer-combines-3d-printing-and-laser-cutting-technology-to-make-prosthetic-hands","title":{"rendered":"A biomechanical engineer combines 3D printing and laser-cutting technology to make prosthetic hands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HUUl_CJxy60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A company has donated 350 of Smit\u2019s, the biomechanical engineer behind the design, 3D-printed prosthetic hands to war victims in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) researchers designed laser-cutting 3D-printed prosthetic hands for Ukranian war victims. Thanks to laser-cutting technology, war victims get their prosthetic limbs more easily. These prosthetic hands are in use in India, and Indian company Vispala donated 350 of Smit\u2019s 3D-printed prosthetic hands to war victims in Ukraine, according to the TU Delft.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by biomedical engineer Gerwin Smit, the so-called \u201cHundred Dollar Hand\u201d is very cheap to produce. Smit\u2019s artificial hand offers a sturdy and trustworthy option because 80 percent of persons who require a prosthetic hand reside in nations with few resources. Wetenschap\/YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A company has donated 350 of Smit\u2019s, the biomechanical engineer behind the design, 3D-printed prosthetic hands to war victims in Ukraine. Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) researchers designed laser-cutting 3D-printed prosthetic hands for Ukranian war victims. Thanks to laser-cutting technology, war victims get their prosthetic limbs more easily. These prosthetic hands are in use [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,11,1499],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-printing","category-biotech-medical","category-cyborgs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}