Komal Panwar
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Soon It Will Be Possible To Customize Prosthetic Limbs With Lego Bricks
- JWB Post
- February 13, 2016
Legos are every kid’s favourite! Some adults are also guilty of playing with them. Including me.
For children with prosthetic arms, here’s a chance to express themselves by customizing them with Legos. Iko Creative Prosthetic System, the customizable prosthetic arm, won the 2016 Netexplo prize.
The arm that is designed for children between 3 and 12 years of age aims to reduce the stigma around having a prosthetic limb. The arm can be customized with different colours and shapes. The Lego bricks are attached to a battery-powered prosthetic arm and a 3D-printed socket.
“Legos around the prosthetic allow the child to adapt the object,” Torres told HuffPost France. “He can choose when he wants to use the object and when he doesn’t. He’s in control.”
“If children could set up their own prosthesis, that would be ideal. For them to have fun, create; quite simply, be children,” the Colombian inventor said.
Wonderful, isn’t it?
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