Colorado Teen Designs $500 Prosthetic Controlled by Bluetooth Headband From: International Business Times - 08/15/2013 By: Ryan W. Neal A Colorado teenager has used 3D printing to create a robotic prosthetic arm that costs less than $500 and is fully functional. At Denver's TedxMileHigh, Easton LaChappelle, 17, demonstrated his robotic arm, and how he constructed it to keep costs low. LaChappelle said he came up with the idea when he was 14. He then turned to the Internet to teach himself the engineering and programming skills needed. When the costs involved in making a full-size arm became too great, LaChappelle looked into 3D printing. Read the entire article and view a video (10:41) at: http://www.ibtimes.com/3d-printed-robotic-arm-colorado-teen-designs-500-prosthetic-controlled-bluetooth-headband-1387677 Links: 3D Printer Robotic Hand (video 3:50) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzLEB42pR5Y Arduino Wireless Animatronic Hand (video 4:30) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYKoNi48m9o Arduino Robotic Arm (video 6:25) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppMuu1X08T8 Teen's inexpensive 3D-printed prosthetic could aid amputees in the third world http://www.gizmag.com/easton-lachappelle-3d-printed-prosthetic/28685/ Inexpensive home-brewed prostheses created using 3D printers (with video 0:55) http://www.gizmag.com/inexpensive-prostheses/26009/ Submitted by Kevin Appert