At the Great Lakes Science Center, an idea sparked by two high school students is now changing lives around the world.

When Peregrine Hawthorn breaks a finger, all he has to do is improve on the design and print a new one. The 19-year-old from Seattle was born without fingers on his left hand, but in 2013 he learned ...

It’s exciting how much 3D printing has enabled us to produce pretty much any shape for any purpose on the fly. Among the most thoughtful uses for the technology that we’ve seen are the many ...

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — After a month of designing, 3D-printing and making modifications, a team of high school engineering students in Hendersonville, Tennessee, built a fellow student at ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — The first thing 11-year-old Mia Rodríguez says she did with her new prosthetic hands was draw a picture of a kitten. The Uruguayan girl, whose fingers never fully developed, ...

Technology is more than just mechanisms and design -- it's ultimately about people. Adriene Simon/College of Liberal Arts, Auburn University, CC BY-SA To think about an artificial limb is to think ...

A high school class at Boylan High School, IL is using a 3D printer to create a prosthetic hand for Kylie Wicker, a 9-year-old from nearby Roscoe, IL, who has been upset about other children staring ...

Mentors: Dominik Konkolewicz, Ph.D and Dr. Jessica Sparks, Ph.D. Globally, thousands of individuals lose limbs and struggle to access affordable, effective, and reliable prosthetics. Commercial ...

The 3D modeling class at Almaden Country Day School is not a required course. Students can choose to take it. This year, eighth grader Sarah Vender not only chose to take the course, but she also ...

(THE CONVERSATION) To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It’s an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and interacts with its user’s world.