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That little black hand is just adorable. I'm glad to see there are still people (and companies) with some real human spirit left on them. Congrats.

I hope someone in your customer relations department has made contact with VA hospitals or the Wounded Warrior project. There are so many ex-soldiers that could benefit from your amazing work in prosthetics. The more I read up in this contest, the more I find brilliant technological breakthroughs for everyday people in need. Best of luck to you guys.

Losing a limb, or being born without one, is a life altering experience, not too long 'till it won't be a problem anymore. This company is doing an amazing contribution to mankind.

Guys, you have big brain and big heart. Imagine all the disable people can fell " a hand " and touch and hold something. Hope the best for you

The amount of bad-assery here is HUGE!

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i am shocked this did not win, i think it says a lot about the world we live in

Now that is just pure genius. These guys are making the world a better place to live.

hope this turns out well :) it would help so many people..

Cant wait to find out what they come out with eventually

Dear Mr. Gibbard. My name is Ruba Haji Ali from Syria. I am a fourth year medical student in Damascus university. I am very interested in your Open Hand Project because I believe It does a big favor for the people here in Syria, especially those who lost a limb or two during the current crisis in Syria. Unfortunately my friend is one of those war’s victims. She lost her hand because of bomb blast last year. That’s why, I am trying to get her smile back by making an open hand project for her. I have bought all the material mentioned in list in the excel file “Bill of Material” and EMG with sensors, but I am facing some difficulties in connecting the circuit, so I would appreciate if you can kindly guide me on how to build the circuit. Looking forward to hearing from you, Sincerely, Ruba

I question a lot of the time what is good about technological advancement. People are running after the baubles and bright lights and losing a connection to the physical world. I have to say this is just brilliant, the idea that peoples lives can be changed at such a low cost. With the plastics it seem very asthetically pleasing as well. kudos

The little baby hand is so cute, but also sad to think about it..

Really cool

Much better than the selfie cam

This thing would have deserved 1st place, not a toy!

FELICIDADES POR AYUDAR A MUCHA GENTE

That sound awesome. Wanna see more of it :D

Good job Hand Makers!

This is so cool

it would be really cool to make it so it can bend backwards and rotate more than a hand, making it way easier to use screwdrivers and such

es una buena idea, ademas barata valla combinacion +++++++

Awesome 👍👍👍👍

this is awesome!

Love this Please make it real

Approved (y)

That's so awesome now just add an "optional chip" with a wearable sensor on the other hand so people with prosthetics can type or even play instruments and you blow the market away and help so many people. I would love to help but I don't have a degree in anything in only an "idea guy" ps add USB port so they could download a program to help them play songs that were already written

***** Edison board is making it possible for the average individual to live a life they couldn't before. Match this up with 3D printing and medical costs will go down *AND THEY DID* . Thank you .

What did you get for Second Prize?

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Is there a Tesla board?

1 pound? holy shit. I could probably go to a dollar store and buy that. They'd probably sell it somewhat higher if they'd want to make just a little more profit, but even so that's INSANELY cheap.....maybe I'd get one of those, just for the novelty of it.

Yeah a 3R printer only costs a few grand

Skynet is next...

They are secretly working on iron man..