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(Open source platform) - '..Prosthetic Hand .. Cost $5 vs. $30K Medical Device.'

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<blockquote>'With a 3-D printer and about $150 in parts, you can make a hand. It will work better than the $30,000 prosthetic hands you can get from medical sources.

Strike that. 3-D printers can now make a newer "Lego-style" Snap Together Hand for about $5..'

- Mike "Mish" Shedlock, Need a Hand? Boy Gets Prosthetic Hand Made by 3-D Printer (Cost $5 vs. $30K Medical Device), Oktober 29, 2013</blockquote>


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<blockquote>Dextrus - Open Hand Project ('..open source .. to lead that change.')

Using Open Source Hardware to conquer new Markets, November 5, 2013 (User Driven Innovation, open source platform (Arduino))

Open hardware for education with littleBits library of electronic modules, November 13, 2013 (littleBits)</blockquote>