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Award for helping hands

Posted on December 19, 2021

Professor Alon Wolf, of the Israel Technion Institute Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, has won the Variety Israel Prize for Breakthroughs in Science and Technology award. His lab’s Helping Hands Project provides disabled children with bionic hands (see here previously). https://austechnion.com/2020/05/18/helping-hands-technion-students-develop-3d-printed-bionic-hands-for-children/ … Continue reading →

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Free prosthetics for children

Posted on June 7, 2020

Hazel & ILTV) Scientists at Israel’s Technion 3D-print prosthetic hands for children in Israel, Gaza, the PA and Syria – all for free. They are built to the child’s specifications –and can be even better than a normal hand. https://www.jpost.com/jpost-tech/iron-mans-hand-technion-gives-prosthetic-hands-to-children-629839 … Continue reading →

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3D-printing prosthetic hands

Posted on July 23, 2017

Israeli non-profit Haifa 3D prints prosthetic hands for children and adults at no cost. Haifa 3D volunteers receive assistance from Israel’s Technion and donations for computers, printers, plastics and all other parts. They even designed a hand that can hold … Continue reading →

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