Oct.3, 2013
The folks at Adafruit are hosting 4 Google+ Hangouts 'Make The World: Prosthetics', a one month program on Google+ aimed at crowdsourcing the manufacturing and delivery of the Robohand prosthetic to people in need. The program will be hosted by Adafruit's Limor Fried, Matt Griffin and Phillip Torrone. Key partners on the program include Robohand, MakerBot, The Open Hand Project, Anthromod, Prosthetics for Prosperity, eNABLE, The Lucky Fin Project and Hands for Africa.
Here is the schedule:
- October 4th, 8pm ET – One hour introduction to the challenge with notable inventors and nonprofits in the sector. MakerBot, Robohand, The Lucky Fin Project.
- October 11th, 8pm ET – Community Check In inviting a notable Maker to chat with Makers from the Community to show how far they have come along with their project. Prosthetics for Prosperity, e-NABLE, Google Science Fair.
- October 18th, 8pm ET – 30 min Community Check In inviting a notable Maker to chat with Makers from the Community to show how far they have come along with their project. Robohand, Hands for Africa and The Open Hand Project.
- October 25th, 8pm ET – One hour Recap of the past month. Robohand, Anthromod, Robohand.
If you would like to participate or ask questions, join their first Hangout on Air at 8pm ET on Friday 10/4/13.
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