By Lydia Warren
Graduate students have used a 3D printer to make a limb for a six-year-old boy born without a right arm.
Alex Pring, from Groveland, Florida, was given the new prosthetic arm on Friday by a team headed by University of Central Florida student Albert Manero.
The limb took seven weeks for the team to build in their free time and cost $350 - compared to the $40,000 that doctors told Alex's family a prosthetic arm would cost.
After the little boy put on the arm, which senses muscles in his shoulder and opens and closes, he grinned and gave his mother a hug - the first time he had been able to put two arms around her.
Full Article. So touching! Wonderful story.
Students use 3D printer to make $350 limb for boy, 6 after doctors say it'll cost $40,000
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Yea this is amazing as I watched on the news thanks for sharing Amit!
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