Eight-year-old Toby Carrizales loves Spider-Man.
Spider-Man’s true identity, Peter Parker, is more than he seems. He is a man who lives to save others, a man who has great power – and therefore, great responsibility – in his hands.
It’s understandable why Toby, who was born without a left hand, idolizes him.
On May 11, Toby – in a full-body Spider-Man costume, mask over his head and eyes visible through its slits – became a little more like Spider-Man: part human, part superhuman.
SivaTeja Pati, a biology major at Texas Tech University, presented Toby with a custom-made, Spider-Man-patterned prosthetic hand he designed and 3D printed for the boy, using the Makerspace in the University Library.
The beginning
Pati, who goes by “Teja,” has been on the health care track for a long time. He was involved in Health Occupation Students of America at Seven Lakes High School in his…
