Open Prosthetics Project
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The Open Prosthetics Project is an open design
effort, dedicated to public domain
prosthetics
"The Open Prosthetics Project is producing useful innovations in the field of prosthetics and giving the designs away for free. By substituting public good for profits we believe that we can generate far more societal benefit than if we commercialized and sold our ideas. This project is an open source collaboration between users, designers and funders with the goal of making our creations freely available for anyone to use and build upon."
The project was started by Jonathon Kuniholm, a Marine reservist who lost part of his right arm to an IED in Iraq. Upon returning home and receiving his first myoelectric hand, he decided there must be a better solution.
Open design
Open design is the development of physical products, machines and systems through use of publicly shared design information. The process is generally facilitated by the Internet and often performed without monetary compensation...
effort, dedicated to public domain
Public domain
Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...
prosthetics
"The Open Prosthetics Project is producing useful innovations in the field of prosthetics and giving the designs away for free. By substituting public good for profits we believe that we can generate far more societal benefit than if we commercialized and sold our ideas. This project is an open source collaboration between users, designers and funders with the goal of making our creations freely available for anyone to use and build upon."
The project was started by Jonathon Kuniholm, a Marine reservist who lost part of his right arm to an IED in Iraq. Upon returning home and receiving his first myoelectric hand, he decided there must be a better solution.