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    Saturday 7 February 2015

    Man Turns To Kickstarter to Crowdfund 3D Printed Parts For His Prosthetic Leg

    3D printing is a big deal for prostheses. Having made their lives a little bit easier thousands of people who are using 3D printing technology, thanks for literally. We hear of them touched our hearts are funny stories from around the world. Doctors in setting scanning and creative part of a man's face properly repair or a prosthetic hand printing for a father his child.

    Stories like these are common, and to help them take advantage of 3D printing though many people who are not, there are hundreds of thousands.

    3D Printers are characteristically expensive. And a prosthesis designed for complex components that are necessary to print data together, are not always easily accessible. This particular such as a leg, a lower extremity is the case for those who are in need. Adam White is such a person.

    North Carolina man, also known as DJ Rewind, thanks to his DJ career, within their community is a much-loved person.

    In 2013, he unfortunately resulted in the loss of his left foot was involved in a motorcycle accident. White, an artificial leg, Evo Ossur with the shock and he is grateful for reflex, the body does not look exactly aesthetically pleasing. To look more human artificial hands which measures are in place, although there, it does not appear to be the case for the legs.

    White did not deter him from his artificial leg, giving a more human appearance, which fit around the leg prostheses artificial fairings, came across. White for themselves and in their local community for veterans and people with disabilities to 3D print fairings fairings 3D printing will allow it to raise enough money to have turned into a Kickstarter campaign to fund synthetic fairings to.

    White I was looking for answers 3D printing world ... I have recently mechanical was able to get an artificial leg ", explained. The general shape of your feet to restore their I can create a Fairing found. this process cost $ 8,000 or more, is very expensive. it sounds leg amputated on a 3D image capture and switching to fit uses a process. Fairing user has no medical effect but mainly to cover artificial parts. create and print my legs and my fairings as well as to help others in the same situation want. "

    Adam White Kickstarter campaign is seeking a total of $ 8,000. In addition, a Makerbot Z18 3D printer will enable him to purchase. Z18 11.8 x 12.0 x 18.0 inches from the building envelope a piece of the fairings, is printable.

    The initial cost of the machine is expensive, but white will not help, but to get custom fairings able to make a lot of people in the local community can play a role.

    Kickstarter campaign will run until March 29th. This, to reach that goal, a campaign supporters will not hold any real monetary value, but White and value to others within their community, can be invaluable.
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