GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (AP) — Fox Valley Technical College is taking part in a worldwide project that uses a 3-D printer to create mechanical, prosthetic hands. The college’s Fab Lab Club signed on to the e-Nable project last fall. Students completed work on a plastic hand for a 6-year-old girl this spring and will start a new project in the fall. The project’s website connects volunteers to people seeking prosthetic hands. Designs are shared on the Internet and those involved in e-Nable offer their creations for free. Volunteers can create a hand for about $50, while professionally made hands cost more and are sold for up to $12,000. The group says the printed hands aren’t equivalent but can handle many simple tasks.
