Related Post: High School Senior Makes an Award-Winning Prosthetic Finger Using Muscle SpikerShield Tens of thousands of dollars: that’s how much people have to pay for a robotic prosthesis — not even the most sophisticated type. It’s what prodded Jorge Iglesias Costas, at the time a 17-year-old high-schooler in Barcelona, to try and design a low-cost […]

The Third Thumb An 8th Grader’s Exploration in DIY Neuroprosthetics Several months ago, a crowdfunded classroom got their hands on several of our neuroprosthetic kits – like The Claw and the Muscle SpikerShield Bundle. This allowed students in Nokomis Regional schools to begin experimenting with hands-on neuroscience experiments! One of the students, 8th grader Kaiden K., was interested in developing a prosthetic, but […]