One Man's Quest for the Perfect Hand: 39 Years and a 3D Printer
 

One Man's Quest for the Perfect Hand: 39 Years and a 3D Printer
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Jose Delgado, Jr., likes the reaction he’s getting to his new 3D-printed hand. “Wow,” his bosses at the warehouse say. "Where did you get that?”

It’s the most realistic prosthesis he’s ever owned, though it took Delgado, 53, five decades to get here.

When he was a teenager, Delgado was often picked last for softball or baseball, even though he and his brothers regularly played catch. “They didn’t think I could hold a ball or a bat,” said Delgado, who was born without a left hand.

At the time, Delgado had a hook prosthesis that worked via rubber bands. When he unbent his arm, the bands pulled open the hook. Delgado spent most of his adult life using hook prosthetics, until three years ago when he got his first myoelectric replacement. Read more...

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