Students make 3D printed hand and arm for a little girl

Because prosthetics are very expensive, especially when growing children need a new one every year or so, Hailey’s mother turned to the University of Nevada, where she and professor Brendan O’Toole found a team of students more than willing to work on a 3D printed prosthetic.

The grabbing mechanism in this prosthetic is in the wrists. The fingers grab when her wrist is down, and open up when her wrist moves upward.

When Hailey received the 3D printed prosthetic from a team of students, she showed off its ability at the baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics, by throwing the ceremonial first pitch at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

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