Every day the library has the opportunity to impact young lives, from a child learning to use a keyboard or enjoy a story time. And now, with makerspaces and new technology, a child has received a prosthetic limb via her library.
Five-year-old Katelyn was born without a fully formed left hand. Her parents were on the search to find a prosthetic arm for her when they discovered the e-NABLE Community. E-NABLE is a team of people around the world who work to create free prosthetic limb design plans for the upper body by using 3D printing. Once a prototype has been made they put their design on the website for anyone to download and print on…
