Science, Medicine and Technology

Inexpensive home-brewed prostheses created using 3D printers

02-01-2013 • http://www.gizmag.com, By Jason Falconer

According to the International Society of Prosthetics and Orthotics (ISPO), there are some 32 million amputees in the world today, around 80 percent (25 million) of whom live in developing countries where only five percent have been fitted with an ar