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Torea Frey

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Musings on life and art, especially analog collage.

A leg up

September 18, 2011

One tent at the Maker Faire was devoted to health technology and related advances. The Jaipur foot is a reminder that solutions needn't be complicated or expensive; the prostheses, which costs around $30, was developed in India in the late 1960s to help those who had lost limbs from landmine blasts.

Tags: india, jaipur foot, jaipur leg, low tech high impact, mmaker faire, world maker faire 2011
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email: toreafrey@gmail.com