Join the #maketheworld: Prosthetics Build Party @ 3D Printing Providence #3DThursday #3DPrinting
3D Printing Providence community will be gathering together for a very special build party on Friday night — to produce open prosthetics like the Robohand designs to send to those who need them. If you are in the Providence area and have a 3D printer, check out this project announcement shared on 3DP PVD. Matt Stultz and the Build Party will be featured on this Friday night’s #maketheoworld hangout as well!
One of the main projects that has been adopted for helping those in need has been the Robohand project. There are numerous community members who are working on improving the design, including Michael Curry, who has designed a fully printable model without the need for any extra hardware.
On Friday, October 25th, 3DP PVD will be hosting a build party to bring together printers from around the region to help create these devices for those in need. We are working with other groups who are finding little heroes who are looking to become superheroes with their new mechanical hands!
If you have a 3D printer and would like to join us to help create these devices, come to AS220 Labs in downtown Providence, RI starting at 6pm on Friday October 25th. If you know a child who might benefit from one of these devices we would love to have them join us so we can fit them during the event. Please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to join us or would like to help us out in anyway.
Friday, October 25th @ 8pm will be the closing hangout for Make The World: Prosthetics, a one month program on Google+ aimed at crowdsourcing the manufacturing and delivery of printed prosthetics to people in need, hosted by Adafruit’s Limor Fried, Matt Griffin and Phillip Torrone. Today on #3dthursday we will share about a number of exciting developments and intriguing directions from #maketheworld so far in preparation for this event.
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