enabling the future

e-NABLE Wants Your Help in 3D Printing 1,000 Prosthetic Hands By Mid-September

e-NABLE has been happily providing 3D printable hand prosthetics to children, veterans and the disabled for almost three years now. In that time thousands of volunteers have helped produce over…

e-NABLE Joins Autodesk Foundation as ‘Impact Designer’ for 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands

There’s ongoing talk about industry being transformed by 3D printing. Manufacturing is in the middle of the next revolution. We’re going to build luxurious 3D printed eco-communities on the water,…

Enable Community Foundation Formed: Donations to e-NABLE keep 3D printed hands accessible

The 3D printing community isn’t just a community in name — one of the most inspiring aspects of the maker movement has, for me, been reading about the work people…

e-NABLE Celebrates Incredible 2014 with 700+ Prosthetic Hands Created, 3000 New Members & More

  If we were to pick out a topic, an organization or a theme that we covered the most in 2014, there is no doubt that e-NABLE would top all…

3rd Grade Class Creates 3D Printed Hand for One of Their Own

I never get tired of covering stories by a group that many of you have now become familiar with, called e-NABLE. They utilize the wonders of open source technology, combined…

229 Newly Designed Prosthetic Hands are 3D Printed by Volunteers for Landmark Event this Sunday

Every time I write a story about the volunteer group e-NABLE, I get goosebumps running down my spine, and tears begin forming in my eyes. It’s stories like these that…

e-NABLING Light! This 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand Features a Beautiful Color Sensing Light Show

In what seems to be an area of 3D printing that is growing at an exponential rate, 3D printed prosthetic hands have become quite the attention grabber as of late….

Ultimaker Donates $10,000 in 3D Printers to e-NABLE the Creation of 3D Printed Prosthetics

Over the past year, we have covered more stories about an organization called e-NABLE than we can count. It seems as though each and every day, there is yet another…

“Shut the Front Door,” Exclaims Impressed Trauma Surgeon After Seeing 3D Printed $50 Prosthetic Hand from e-NABLE

Over the past year, I have personally covered about a dozen or so articles all surrounding the wonderful and amazing developments of e-NABLE. For those that haven’t read my other articles,…

UNO! e-NABLED Boy Receives a 3D Printed ‘Card Playing’ Prosthetic Hand

Over the course of the past several months, 3DPrint.com has covered numerous heart warming stories about an organization called e-NABLE; a group of volunteers who design, 3D print, and provide…

Two Teachers Team Up to Create a 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand for 7 Year Old Frankie

3D Printing…. What is it good for? If you are an avid reader of 3DPrint.com, you probably know all of the answers to this question. 3D Printing has been used…

6 Year Old Boy Receives a 3D Printed Prosthetic Arm – Thanks to e-NABLE

It seems like every other day, we are covering another prosthetic device created by an organization called e-NABLE. Up until now, we have only reported on prosthetic hands that have…

Now Anyone Can Purchase Kits to 3D Print Their Own Prosthetic Hands for Only $45

We have heard countless stories about individuals who have been the beneficiary of 3D printed prosthetic hands. Just several months ago, the idea of a 3D printed prosthetic hand was…

10-Year-Old Girl Assembles Fully Functional 3D Printed Hand

3D Printing is doing a lot of good for a lot of people, thanks in part to an initiative that has really begun to gain steam. ‘Enabling The Future‘ is…