For the disabled community, 3D printing is far more than a nerdy hobby—it can give you tailor-made tools that transform daily tasksThe author, who has a disability that limits the use of her ...

DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) -- The Helping Hands Project has spread to universities and colleges across the Triangle. Students use 3D printers to make prosthetic hands for children who need them.

Slowly but surely, 3D printing machines at the University of the Virgin Islands are working to create low-cost functional prostheses for those who are missing limbs. Timothy Faley, professor of ...

With 3D printers, advanced laser cutters and even heavy-duty sewing machines, Maker Space 307 is loaded with tech for the ...

Early in the spring semester, Brookdale Community College professor Lisa Hailey introduced her engineering students to a 3D printer. She also offered to help anyone who had a special project in mind.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Some high school students in Manhattan are using their math lessons to lend a literal helping hand. They've created and built a prosthetic using a 3-D printer. It's not your ...

A group of students from The Nature School in Port Macquarie have created a 3D-printed prosthetic hand for their classmate.

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 ...

Extremely realistic-looking prosthetic eyes can now be 3D-printed in a fraction of the time it would normally take to produce the eyes by hand, scientists demonstrate in a new study. This 3D-printing ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Heidi Hausse, Auburn University and Peden Jones, Auburn University (THE CONVERSATION) ...