“Not too long ago, Liam had no fingers on his right hand. The South African five-year old was born with Amniotic Band Syndrome, which causes amputation of digits before birth. But since November, Liam has been using a series of prosthetic hands designed by two men living on opposite sides of the planet, using open source software and 3D-printing technology. Now, those two men—Ivan Owen in Bellingham, Washington and Richard Van As in South Africa—have published the design for Robohand formerly http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:44150, the mechanical hand prosthesis, on MakerBot’sThingiverse site as a digital file that can be used to produce its parts in a 3D printer.”
