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An Affordable Prosthetic Hand for Global Change

Prosthetic hands can cost thousands of dollars. Steven Reimer ’24 designed one for less than $300. His research will provide free prosthetics to amputees in India.

Prosthetic hands can cost thousands of dollars. Steven Reimer ’24 designed one for less than $300. His research will provide free prosthetics to amputees in India. Read the feature story here.

Mar 30, 2025

Steven Reimer ’24 spent two years designing his prosthetic hand model in the Robotic Systems Lab at Santa Clara University. | Photo by Jim Gensheimer