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3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance

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Re: 3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance

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Post by golemiprague »

Synaesthesia wrote: post #18
ComputerGuru wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The atrocities are ongoing and the Syrian regime has slaughtered hundreds of thousands and displaced millions with the help of Russia and the support of Iran. The insanity needs to be stopped, then you can talk about recovery. Idlib, which is basically a huge refugee camp for millions that were forced out our fled the rest of the country, was bombed to hell over the last three days; there are at least 700,000 refugee…

Idlib is the last refuge of ISIS and their ilk. Yes they’re defending their country from the worst Islamic dictatorship, which tpnewrly took over. I don’t blame them. The US also flattened Mosul and killed over 1500 people there in airstrikes, fighting ISIS. Nobody has a good record in the war. But this insistence that Assad has to go, is entirely politically motivated. He’s a hideous dictator yes, but Sisi of Egypt…

Why Sisi is much worst than Assad? The Assad family controlled and butchered the Suni majority for generations, it already started with his father butchering 20k people in Hama, how is Sisi compared to that? Sisi just a secular guy who seems to be a bit too friendly with America and Israel which brings the ire of many extreme Muslims, especially the Muslim brotherhood types which Obama used to love so much. Is it so bad to be secular and peaceful?

Re: 3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance

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Post by papln »

jackhack wrote: post #11
thefounder wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don't really care...it's show-biz for them. Now considering that most of them are elected you have to blame yourself as well.

If it were "only" entertainment. It's worse than that -- it's "business!" One of the more insightful things I've learned in my lifetime can be paraphrased like so: "There is just as much money to be made in tearing down a civilization as in building one up. But the former is much easier, faster, and more reliable." Find those (people/companies/governments/religions) who increase wealth and/or power as a result of thi…

> There is just as much money to be made in tearing down a civilization as in building one up.

Do you think Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates agree with this statement?

Re: 3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance

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Post by zhamisen »

In Brazil there is Mão3D (3D hand), an university project which helps kids with 3D printed prostheses: https://mao3d.wordpress.com/

They are currently seeking funding with a crowdfunding platform kickante: https://www.kickante.com.br/campanhas/uma-mao-literalmente-m...

Re: 3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance

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Post by TeMPOraL »

papln wrote: post #22
jackhack wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it were "only" entertainment. It's worse than that -- it's "business!" One of the more insightful things I've learned in my lifetime can be paraphrased like so: "There is just as much money to be made in tearing down a civilization as in building one up. But the former is much easier, faster, and more reliable." Find those (people/companies/governments/religions) who increase wealth and/or power as a result of thi…

> There is just as much money to be made in tearing down a civilization as in building one up. Do you think Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Page, Jeff Bezos, and Bill Gates agree with this statement?

Why wouldn't they?

Re: 3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance

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Post by ncr100 »

cmejcnekdb wrote: post #7

And with a sub $200 printer. I’ve seen professional prostheses made on $150k industrial printers, and they’re much nicer of course and probably more durable, but this may be one of the cheapest medical devices making the biggest difference for these kids. Printer is open source: https://github.com/Creality3DPrinting/Ender-3

$3,000 for the hand - according to the article, “Imported prostheses cost 30 to 40 thousand dollars, while we have reduced this price by around 90%.”

Instead try FREE:

https://www.ln4handproject.org/impact

https://www.ln4handproject.org/become-a-partner-organization

Re: 3D printed hands are giving Syrian children a second chance

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Post by Synaesthesia »

ComputerGuru wrote: post #20
Synaesthesia wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Idlib is the last refuge of ISIS and their ilk. Yes they’re defending their country from the worst Islamic dictatorship, which tpnewrly took over. I don’t blame them. The US also flattened Mosul and killed over 1500 people there in airstrikes, fighting ISIS. Nobody has a good record in the war. But this insistence that Assad has to go, is entirely politically motivated. He’s a hideous dictator yes, but Sisi of Egypt…

Mosul and Idlib aren’t really comparable, tbh. Of all the horrible things Daesh has done, collectively staining the name of anyone rebelling against the Assad regime (except perhaps for the Kurdish fighters who’ve kept their own identity) and allowing (literally) millions of refugees and freedom fighters to be labeled ISIL members or sympathizers that are acceptable collateral has to be the worst.

Why aren't they comparable? It's funny for me to see news coverage of all the atrocities Russia commits there, but none of the US in Idlib.
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