We’ve all heard of lending someone a helping hand, but the good folks over at e-NABLE took things a step, er, claw further with their latest project: a prosthetic Wolverine hand—-with claws!
Snikt!
Aaron Brown, one of the many volunteers with e-NABLE who help create and design 3D Printed assistive hand devices for those in need, wanted to build a really cool hand to take to a local children’s hospital, as well as the MakerFaire in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
So, the comic book fanboy combined the idea of using the University of Michigan’s Wolverine mascot and, of course, the enormously popular member of the X-Men for his own eye-popping creation.
“The comic-loving nerd inside of me (along with some Facebook friends) said there is no way I can make a Wolverine hand without CLAWS,” Brown said. “So I modeled some in Sketchup the morning before the MakerFaire, printed ‘em, spray-painted ‘em silver and velcro’d ‘em on there. Turned out pretty darn cool!”
No kiddin’, Bub.
The kiddos, of course, loved it.
“People’s faces just lit up!” he added. “The kids went crazy over it.”
And don’t worry, parents, the claws on this hand are made of rounded plastic and are removable; they aren’t made of indestructible adamantium.
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