Challenge Helps Veterans with 3D Printing

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Stratasys had been working with Veteran Kim Matthews who has been diagnosed with an essential hand tremor, which causes uncontrollable shaking.  “When looking at the designs I was actually in tears over the thought of all of these wonderful people going out of their way to help. I was a bit overwhelmed and in awe of them; not only the intelligence that they possess, but all the hard work they are putting into this for us. Part of me felt like a kid at Christmas filled with happiness thinking that for once I could feel normal like others who do not have this disability.”

The challenge began on May 15th and 16th in Palo, Alto, launching a tour to bring awareness to issues facing Veterans, and getting America’s community of designers and makers involved with helping rehabilitation engineers solve unique problems disabled Veterans are facing today.  Another goal of the whole project is to create a permanent open ecosystem of designs of prosthetics and assistive technologies, that others can add to and browse through.

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