In areas of clash,people lose their limbs every day due to weapons and mines. Prosthetics could help the victims, but even simple models are unaffordable for most sufferers. Researchers at FAU and Fachhochschule Lübeck are working together on a way to develop custom-fit prosthetics, and with the help of 3D scanning and printing,which is simple and inexpensive, yet can be done locally using recycled materials. Their work has now been recognised as one of 100 projects in Germany as a 'Landmark in the Land of Ideas'.
Source: phys.org