Hey, today I'm going to talk about the story of Wladimir, a man that was born with Poland syndrome. The Poland syndrome affects the muscle development. The name of the syndrome is because of the discoverer of the anomaly. Wladimir, has the lack of some muscles in the top right zone of the body, also he has a congenital amputation of some fingers.
He is in the Teleton since a month of birth. A days ago, he received, from USA, a hand made of a 3D printer. The hand, allows take and drop things, control the movement and all the functions that a real hand can do.
The incredible thing, is that this hand just cost 25 dolars! Also, the time needed to make this just take 5 hours.
The way the printer works is that it heat the plastic and at the same time it goes making the shape.
It interests me becase the science surprises me so hard, the technological advances are awesome, I haven't heard of that kind of think to that price, it's absolutly incredible. Now, there is a new goal, try to give a hand, finger or foot to more people that needs it because is impossible that the other people -who has the syndrome- can't have the opportunity to obtain this equipment. I think, that just 25 dolars and 5 works' hours are so achievable and easy to get, so, in a near future, there could be more of these hands. That mode, they could feel a new experience, like open a french fries' package with both hands.
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