As technology moves forward it's good to see it being used not only productively but selflessly too. A group of people have designed a robotic hand for a young boy that can be "printed" with a simple (these days!) 3D printer.

The really good bits?

First, the electronic plans are scalable - so as the young lad grows it's a simple matter to tell the computer to "print" a larger hand for him.

Second, the group has released the design files for the hand as open-source files so that anyone in similar need can (excuse the pun) take a hand and help themselves.

Sources: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1xeik3 and http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/04/two-global-makers-come-together-to...