By creating this tool and hosting it on YouMagine, e-NABLE has taken a lot of the design work out of customising its existing library of hand models to the specific individual. As a result, the practice of 3D printing low-cost prosthetics, a trend that is already spreading like wildfire, will proliferate with greater fervor. And all of it was made possible with this distributed manufacturing technology and the sharing of information facilitated by the internet. As the two feed off of each other more and more, what may be possible at this time next year may be even harder to imagine.
