Generation Impact is a new docu series about cutting-edge young innovators who are using technology to create a more equitable world. The second film in the series, The Inventor, is about Easton LaChappelle, who developed True Limb, the world’s lightest weight and most affordable prosthetic limb. His inspiration came from a robotic arm he built as a teenager that won a state science fair. Using 3D printing technology, LaChappelle builds custom prostheses that are a perfect mirror image of the wearer’s opposing limb, with skin color matching, a sense of touch, and intuitive control -- at one-tenth of the cost of mass-produced prostheses. This powerful story shines a bright light on the potential of 3D printing, the future of prosthetics, and the brilliant young man who is at the forefront of the movement.
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