How Two Guys Got Together to Build a New Hand
From: CoExist

Neither Richard Van As or Ivan Owen have any experience with prosthetics. In
fact, the two men have never even met. But they’ve designed a simple new
mechanical hand that could be cheap enough to spread around the world. 

Read the entire article and view a video (4:15) at:
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680656/how-two-guys-got-together-to-build-a-new-hand

Links:
Large Mechanical Hand video (0:49)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHiAItVdiw

Coming up short handed
http://comingupshorthanded.com/

The hand of Corporal Coles
http://samhs.org.au/Virtual%20Museum/Surgery/hand%20of%20Corporal%20Coles/hand%20of%20Corporal%20Coles.html

Finger prosthesis design details
http://chaincrafts.blogspot.com/

Prosthetic fingers for those that have lost them due to accidents, disease and war.
http://fundly.com/just-a-guy-with-an-idea-restoring-fingers

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Open-source prosthetic finger won't cost an arm and a leg 
From: Mass Device - 11/13/2012

A South African woodworker who had lost several fingers while operating a saw
teamed up with an American engineer who had worked previously on prosthetic
limb technology in order to develop an open-source, low-cost prosthetic
finger. 

Read the entire article and view a video (4:15) at:
https://www.massdevice.com/news/open-source-prosthetic-finger-wont-cost-arm-and-leg-massdevicecom-call

Links:
An Open Prosthetic Finger Design for the Masses
http://medgadget.com/2012/11/an-open-prosthetic-finger-design-for-the-masses-video.html

Coming up short handed
http://comingupshorthanded.com/about/

Finger prosthesis design details
http://chaincrafts.blogspot.ie/2012/08/finger-prosthesis-design-details.html

The hand of Corporal Coles
http://samhs.org.au/Virtual%20Museum/Surgery/hand%20of%20Corporal%20Coles/hand%20of%20Corporal%20Coles.html