At age 14, Easton LaChappelle engineered a robotic hand from his bedroom using plastic building blocks, fishing wire, model airplane motors, and the technical he acquired from the Internet.
His $350 prototype garnered him third place at a 2011 state science fair. It was here that Easton met a 7-year-old girl fitted with a state of the art prosthetic arm—it cost $80,000 and would need to be replaced multiple times as she grew older. It was then that Easton realized his far-fetched invention had life-changing practicality.
Today, Easton enables humans to perform otherwise impossible tasks through Unlimited Tomorrow, providing problem-solving innovations at an affordable price.
Easton’s robotic arm now has more functionality than a traditional prosthesis and is entirely 3D-printed. The printable designs are available for download, open source and completely free of charge, on Unlimited Tomorrow’s homepage.
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