THIS! This is the kind of thing I love seeing done with this technology!
You’d think they’d print it to match their skin tone… maybe don’t make all the fingers the same length… so it doesn’t look so artificial and like an 80’s robot hand…
@Alan_Weber Remember that they’re trying to keep it simple and cheap enough to keep the process going and be adapted to the many amputees they have there.
@Carlton_Dodd But that’s the whole point of 3D printing, every piece doesn’t have to be exactly the same. You print them one at a time. You aren’t ordering a half million of the same part. Customizing the color, size and shape is only possible with 3D printing… why half ass it?
@Alan_Weber You have no idea how things work in Africa. There’s no overnight delivery, you can’t just quickly order your shade of skintone filament from Ebay and have it delivered the next day. It took weeks just to get the printer into Sudan. Parts are VERY difficult to come by. But hey, why don’t you ask the kid who can feed himself for the first time in years if he cares what color his hand is…
@Francois_Swanepoel and you don’t know how 3d printing works. You buy a filament extruder and make your own filament any color you like 10x cheaper than you can buy it. And you don’t ship parts for a 3d printer, you print them. I guess some people have very limited imaginations and poor african people should be happy with whatever they’re given…