VIDEO: PROSTHETICS COMPANY SET OUT TO 3D PRINT 20 ARTIFICIAL LIMBS FOR THE PRICE OF 1

At the age of 14, Easton LaChapelle designed a prosthetic arm. He now has his own private prosthetic startup known as Unlimited Tomorrow, has conducted thousands of hours of research and provided a young girl with a 3D printed prosthetic, a hyper-personalised arm with haptic feedback, at 1/20th the cost.

LaChapelle's amazing work has paid off; 3D printer manufacturer, Stratasys, and software developer, Dassault Systèmes, have announced that they will provide Unlimited Tomorrow with the tools they need to bring better, more affordable prosthetics to more people like Momo ( the little girl in the video, that can be seen below).

Stratasys will be chipping in their 3D printing technology and Dassault Systèmes will be Unlimited Tomorrow's CAD supplier. Easton LaChapelle and his team will be able to take full advantage of all of it, in order to deliver customisable prosthetics to the much-needed patients. These prosthetic will not go for $100,000, nor $20,000, it will go for $5,000 a pop. Each individual device will feature hyper dexterous and provide haptic feedback in each individual finger.

It is still not cheap, as LaChapelle's first arm was $400 at the age of 14, but Unlimited Tomorrow claims it to be even better than anything else that is currently on the market. Throughout the video, Momo gets a quick hang for her new prosthetic, like a seamless extension of her body, she plays with tiny objects, waves, and brushes her hair – all without drowning in debt.

As Momo grows older, she will need to replace the limb but, as she has already mastered LaChapelle's creation once, she'll be able to do it again. With Unlimted Tomorrow's prices, she is saving up to $400,000 in hardware. AI learning assists with muscle sensors, individual finger control and Unlimited Tomorrow says that their intent is to put users first.

Have a look at the video below to learn more about Unlimited Tomorrow.