【這個3D打印，讓戴假肢的小孩變身超級英雄！】

#科技頭條#【這個3D打印，讓戴假肢的小孩變身超級英雄！】對一個殘疾兒童來說，日常生活中最大的挑戰(zhàn)是什么？Pat Starace認為認為對殘疾兒童最大的幫助是給他們“鋼鐵俠手臂”，讓他們認為自己是超級英雄！他的“鋼鐵俠手臂”可在任何3D打印機上打印，手掌還有LED“沖擊波” 呢！

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2797704/the-iron-man-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand-designed-make-children-feel-like-superhero.html

The Iron Man 3D printed prosthetic hand designed to make children feel like a superhero

• Hand can replace an existing prosthetic
• Contains high powered LED 'blaster' and a laser
• Inventor has offered to help children to want one print their own
  

By MARK PRIGG FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 19:51 GMT, 17 October 2014 | UPDATED: 20:53 GMT, 17 October 2014

It is a unique solution to boost a child with a prosthetic limb's confidence.

A 3D printing enthusiast has build an 'Iron Man' hand he hopes to develop in a prosthetic for children.

The low cost arm can be cheaply printed on any 3D printer, and its inventor has offered to help children to want one print their own.

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The Iron Man hand is designed to be worn by a child, and will allow them to grip objects - and use it's features such as a laser and a 'thruster'

'How can we help a child that faces everyday challenges with a disability?'My answer is to give them the most awesome prosthetic hand, and raise their self esteem to Super Hero Levels,' wrote Pat Starace, the creator of the project.

'The vision was to create a hand, so that a child can have something that solves a mechanical challenge, is affordable, and mostly Looks Awesome!'

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Starace took to the web to ask for children interested in the hand, offering to work with them to create a custom version.

'If you’re a kid or a parent of a child that needs this, please contact me,' he said.

The hand is modelled on the Iron Man suit worn by inventor Tony Stark in the hit film

'Requests have been streaming in, and I will reply to everyone.'

The hand uses a combination of mechanics and string to close the fingers.

An Arduino mini computer is used to control it, and it also boasts, at least according to Starace's design drawing, a 'working laser and thruster'

The entire project took a month to complete, Starace said.

Just like the real thing, the prosthetic hand has a 'thruster' although in this case it's a high powered LED light.

An Arduino mini computer is used to control it, and it also boasts, at least according to Starace's design drawing, a 'working laser and thruster'