USA: 3D-printed bionic hand gives Navy vet bargain basement prosthesis

Video ID: 20140807-002 C/U Howard Kamarata holding water bottle with prosthetic hand SOT, Howard Kamarata, U.S. Navy veteran (in English): "I wanted a Christmas present. So around Christmas time I got ahold of Casey , and that's when we made our first hand glove. So I had fingers for Christmas." C/U Prosthetic hand of Howard Kamarata SOT, Howard Kamarata, U.S. Navy veteran (in English): "I can drive, I can pick up things with it, things that I wouldn't dreamt when this happened. I thought my life was over. I really did. I thought my life was over." C/U Prosthetic hand of Howard Kamarata SOT, Howard Kamarata, U.S. Navy veteran (in English): "Because I went to a prosthesis , and with my insurance, co-pays and everything I still would have had to come up with thousands of dollars." C/U Prosthetic hand of Howard Kamarata SOT, Casey Barrett, engineer and hand glove creator (in English): "I ran into Howard and saw his accident, and I thought 'hey, maybe it's a cool opportunity to use a 3D printer and try to design something that would help him out.'" C/U Prosthetic finger SOT, Casey Barrett, engineer and hand glove creator (in English): "We want to come up with some prostheses where you don't really care if you break them, because you can just print a new one out, you know?" C/U Howard Kamarata holding cards with prosthetic hand SCRIPT USA: 3D-printed bionic hand gives Navy vet bargain basement prosthesis Disabled U.S. Navy veteran Howard Kamarata was able to perform dextrous tasks such as drinking water and holding cards without hindrance Wednesday in Arizona, thanks to a prosthetic hand made with a 3D-printer. Kamarata, 57, lost his fingers in an October 2013 miter saw accident, but by Christmas had a new 3D-printed prosthesis thanks to engineer Casey Barrett. According to Kamarata, a regular prosthesis would have cost thousands of dollars even with his insurance, but Barrett said he saw an opportunity to use a 3D-printer and materials easily purchased as stores such as Home Depot to help Kamarata. Barrett added that one of the advantages of a 3D-printed prosthesis is that if it breaks, a new one can easily be printed.