we learn all these things in class, allthese different techniques and skills. this organization is a really great wayto actually apply those skills that you learn to make a difference in the world. the helping hand project is a student-run, non-profit organization where we use 3dprinting to create prosthetic hands for
3d printing companies in australia, children in need. there are sixteen children total that wehave successfully given hands to. holden's story was featured on a coupledifferent news stations. immediately after that, people were contacting us from allover the place looking for similar
devices. the demand afterwards wasreally what formed this whole club. there's roughly forty students involved in the club right now. we have a list of children - you know, always ongoing - thatare looking for devices or for help. the students in the club will design the hands if needed, 3d print them, assemble the piecestogether and then we will meet with the family, meet with the child and fit them for the device. the biggest thing is kind of his self confidence with it. it's great because he can pick up objects and then, you know, things you take for granted likepicking up a ball and then going
through a door. so he can do that now. i'm very grateful. it's students stepping out and helping change someone's life.
when you'reprinting the hands out and assembling them, it's kind of just something thatyou're doing. but then when you actually deliver them and see that child use itand the happiness on their face, it's unreal.
