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[MALENA] IN JUST ONE MONTH STUDENTS HERE CREATED THREE PROTOTYPES LIKE THIS ONE AND MADE A FINAL MECHANICAL HAND FOR A THREE-YEAR-OLD BOY. IN JUST THAT ONE MONTH THEY CHANGED HIS LIFE FOREVER. THESE STUDENTS AT NORTHWEST STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TOOK ON A LABOR OF LOVE, A BIG IDEA TO CHANGE THE LIFE OF ONE LITTLE BOY WHO WAS BORN WITHOUT HIS RIGHT HAND.
- I THINK WITHIN 30 SECONDS WE WERE JUST LIKE YES. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD REALLY WANT TO DO AND THEN WITHIN FIVE HOURS WE HAD A TEAM OF STUDENTS READY TO GO.
[MELENA] THIS 3D PRINTING MACHINE AND THE BRAINPOWER OF STUDENTS AND FACULTY TOOK THE MODEL OF A MECHANICAL HAND FROM THE INTERNET AND CAME THREE-YEAR-OLD CAMERON THE ABILITY TO HIGH-FIVE, FIST BUMP, AND--
- IN SEVERAL THINGS, HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO SWING, SWING HIGHER, FASTER, BECAUSE HE'LL HAVE TWO HANDS TO GRAB ONTO THE SWING. HE PICKED UP KEYS, HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHAKE OUR HAND.
[MALENA] THE STUDENTS AND STAFF DID ALL OF THIS WORK ON THEIR OWN TIME AND AN ANONYMOUS DONOR SUPPLIED THE FUNDS.