From Patient to Maker - Nicolas Huchet

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Channel: Startupfood · 2016 · Science & Technology

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In 2002 an accident changed the life of young Nicolas Huchet. At 18, this Industrial Mechanic had to learn to live with a myoelectric prosthetic hand that looked nothing like what he had seen in the movies. After 10 years of functional limitations, in 2012 the market offered new and better models but he couldn’t afford them. The high price of these prostheses isn’t covered by the French social security system.
That same year, coincidentally, Huchet discovered the ‘maker’ culture at LabFab in Rennes (France), and he immediately thought whether it would be possible to build his own prosthesis. He now proudly presents his Bionic Hand in various electronics exhibitions, a prosthesis he made for himself with
3D printed parts and open source hardware.

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