Marin Teen Makes Prosthetic Forearm, Hand For Romanian Man

LARKSPUR, CA – At just 15 years old, Jaden Ramos is using science and technology to help others —even those halfway around the world. The Marin Independent Journal reported Jaden, who lives in Greenbrae, created a prosthetic forearm and hand for a Romanian man.

"The man, his son said in an online plea for help, had no money to get a traditional prosthetic and no support in the poor community," the Journal wrote. "When he shipped the finished prosthetic to the struggling Romanian family, Ramos had no idea if it would work. A few weeks later, however, he had his answer via a video from the family showing the father picking up packages with the prosthetic hand."

The Journal reported Jaden, a sophomore at Redwood High School in Larkspur, created the prosthetic forearm and hand after working on it for months.

"Using only photographs and measurements sent from the Romanian man’s family, Ramos spent an average of two to three hours several days a week from December to February tweaking the dimensions of a prototype model of a forearm and hand he found online, and then building the custom plastic body parts using his home 3-D printer," the Journal wrote.

Read the full Marin Independent Journal article here.

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