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36 Easton’s prosthetic arm cost only $350 to produce,
and he made it open source. That means that anyone can Prosthetic limbs are made by
download the design from the internet and build it with many companies, using many
their own materials. different methods.
Continued Improvements
37 At age 17, Easton founded Unlimited Tomorrow, a
company dedicated to developing assistive technology.
The company has a program that digitally scans an
amputee’s residual limb, or the part of his or her limb that
remains, as well as the person’s other, complete, limb.
Then, Easton’s software analyzes the scans to create a
design for a custom-fit prosthesis. The designs can then
be printed on a 3D printer anywhere in the world.
38 Easton plans to continue inventing and developing
prostheses, with the goal of bringing them to anyone in
the world who needs them.
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