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vienna · 09-10-14, 01:01 PM

If you thought 3D printers were only good for making parts for homemade AK-47s, here is another and much better use for the technology:

http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2014/09...hand-for-free/

It is interesting to note a prosthetic made by the usual "Big Pharma" sources costs US $40,000, bit the 3D printer version only cost US $50.00. It's kinda like when I was prescribed Tylenol by my doctor and the cost per pill was more than 10 times the cost for the "commercial" Tylenol the drugstore had on its nearby shelves. Methinks it is time for some serious reconsideration on the subject of unrestrained "Big Pharma" price gouging...

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09-10-14, 01:01 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Non-Profit Makes 3 year-old A Radical Prosthetic Hand If you thought 3D printers were only good for making parts for homemade AK-47s, here is another and much better use for the technology: http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2014/09...hand-for-free/ It is interesting to note a prosthetic made by the usual "Big Pharma" sources costs US $40,000, bit the 3D printer version only cost US $50.00. It's kinda like when I was prescribed Tylenol by my doctor and the cost per pill was more than 10 times the cost for the "commercial" Tylenol the drugstore had on its nearby shelves. Methinks it is time for some serious reconsideration on the subject of unrestrained "Big Pharma" price gouging... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __