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Armonk Students Create Prosthetic Hand Using 3D Printers

ARMONK, N.Y. -- Byram Hills High School students are making prosthetic hands using 3D printers in a robotics class that is now part of the regular curriculum. 

Byram Hills High School students are making prosthetic hands using 3D printers in a robotics class.

Byram Hills High School students are making prosthetic hands using 3D printers in a robotics class.

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Col. Patty Collins, whose leg was amputated, demonstrated different legs – including one she uses in Paratriathlons – to students.

Col. Patty Collins, whose leg was amputated, demonstrated different legs – including one she uses in Paratriathlons – to students.

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Students recently learned about prosthetic limbs and the role 3D printers can play in providing them when retired Col. Patty Collins, whose leg was amputated, demonstrated different legs – including one she uses in Paratriathlons. 

The visit was organized by the Engineering Club and e-NABLE, a network of volunteers who use 3D printers to create prosthetic hands. 

The club, moderated by science teacher Paul Beeken, already has printed a test hand and is now waiting to be assigned a patient. 

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