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Monday, August 22, 2016
How a designer uses LEGO to build prosthetics for children injured by landmines.
Dario, 11, is from Bogota in Colombia. Born with a congenital disease that left him without a right forearm, he is one of thousands of limbless children in Colombia, where landmines laid in the war between the government and Farc guerrillas have blown away the limbs of thousands of Colombians, many of them children.
Carlos Arturo Torres is the designer, and he wanted to help his compatriots hence he made the IKO Creative Prosthetic System; a bionic arm that's LEGO-compatible. "My ambition is for every kid in the world to learn about robotics and forget about disability," says the 33-year-old. "When you introduce the IKO, the word 'disability' suddenly takes a different colour."
The 3D printed prosthetic, which is currently in testing, has a module that lets children attach the bionic hand and LEGO parts with a simple “push and lock” movement. At night, the battery-powered device goes on a charger.more
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