Maker Prashant Gade from Pune, India, has launched an Indiegogo campaign to provide low cost 3D printed prosthetic hands to children in India and other developing countries.
Like other organisations including e-NABLE, Prashant wants to make prosthetics available to those in need by providing an affordable, 3D printed version. The BioNick hand is an electronic prosthetic arm that can be actuated using signals from the wearer’s foot and can be produced for costs as low as $ 100. It allows the wearer to grip objects and perform other tasks such as writing. With the campaign, Prashant wants to raise $ 150,000 in order to be able to provide the prosthetics to children for free. With a donation as low as $ 2 you can already support his mission.
About 80% of amputees live in developing nations, Pashant says. Less than 3% of them have actually access to prosthetic care. He was motivated to start his project when he met a 5 year old girl living without any hand.
“So, with all your support one day I hope to go back to not only this girl but to many other children’s and people who are living such a life and help them to get the proper prosthetic care they deserve,” he writes.
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