I’ve you’ve been reading the blog for a while, you know I’m a huge fan of assistive technology. You may even remember my post about the first time my nephew spoke to me. There is nothing greater than allowing someone to have a greater degree of normalcy in their lives.

One problem has definitely been adapting this technology for children. I reached out to the people behind the human exoskeleton to see if they would be interested in using my nephew for prototypes, but it’s too difficult and too expensive to design something for a child that would outgrow it within a few months. At least it used to be.

Thanks to the wonders of 3-D printing paired with the latest in assistive technology, a little girl named Emma now has her magic arms.

(Via VentureBeat)