Integrating electronic sensors into 3D printed prostheses

A team of researchers has integrated electronic sensors into personalized 3D printed prostheses, in a step that could pave the way towards affordable, electric-powered prosthetics. Banner image: 'the mold of local teen Josie Fraticelli's hand that was scanned during the development of a personalized prosthetic'. Photo by Logan Wallace, provided by Virginia Tech. A team of researchers from Virginia Tech has succeeded in 3D printing prosthetics with integrated electronic sensors in a development which could pave the way towards affordable, electric-powered prosthetics. The research, published in PLoS One, described how the sensors employed at the intersection between a prosthetic and limb...