Seven-year-old gets 3D-printed Iron Man prosthetic from Robert Downey Jr.
Everyone knows that some superheroes are made, not born. You don’t need to be from another planet or get bitten by anything radioactive to become one — you just need the right gear. In this video from non-profit prosthetic maker Limbitless Solutions, Robert Downey Jr. (aka Iron Man) steps in to demonstrate this first hand. Downey delivers a 3D-printed prosthetic arm modeled after his character’s super-powered gauntlets to Alex, a 7-year-old born with a partially developed right arm. There’s no Arc Reactor in sight, mind you, but even heroic kids needs to take it slowly when dealing with Iron Man’s gear.
3D printing helped bring down the cost of Alex’s Iron Man prosthetic to just $350
Limbitless Solutions is a project run out of the…
Source:: The Verge
