PHOTOS: Boy Born Without Right Hand Receives Colorful 3D-printed Hand

A six-year-old French boy named Maxence, who was born without a right hand, received a 3D-printed prosthetic hand on Monday. In just a short while of wearing the hand, he apparently grew used to it enough to throw a tennis ball with it.
The colorful hand was printed using just plastics, sponges, elastic and eight screws, and can be worn like a glove.

“He is going to have a superhero hand the color of his choice, that he can take off when he wishes,” AFP quoted Maxence’s mom as saying.

Speaking to France 3, she added that her son felt like a super hero with the new hand and had chosen the colours and added an M 'for Super Max.'

Maxence, who lives in Cessieu in southeastern France, received the artificial hand with the help of a foundation called e-Nable, which is devoted to spreading the use of 3D printing technology to make free prostheses for the disabled.