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TwoWheelAddict t1_j8bjsqk wrote

My cousin was electrocuted and lost both his thumbs and several fingers. I wonder how close this is to production ready.

He’d be thrilled to have a single thumb right now.

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MaxamillionGrey t1_j8c3nbw wrote

cousin gets an email "You are eligible for our half thumb program."

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Sunny906 t1_j8dy9db wrote

Buy the first thumb get the second thumb free?

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who_you_are t1_j8d6vj9 wrote

FYI peoples have design and instructions to build it yourself with a 3d printer - for free.

And if you loose a finger as well., I won't even be surprised for US folk if it is cheaper to buy a 3d printer and do it yourself. (I mean, a 300$ resin printer or 3d printer + 20-30$ of "filament" is cheap AF. You won't have to pay for employees time and stupid greedy fee)

Warning: resin printers print *** nice details, unfortunately it is also toxic (use glove! Some ventilation! And need to be cured (by sun or UV lamp (warning dangerous for your eye :p))

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User1539 t1_j8dant5 wrote

Most of these seem to be self-made, or made with the help of a single technical person.

Your cousin just needs to hit up his nerdy friend with a 3D printer, apparently.

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LTareyouserious t1_j8dh1d7 wrote

Most of us with 3d printers LOVE to help friends with stuff like this. For larger prints I ask for material cost only, or recommend they find a baller filament (glow in the dark, marble, wood, color changing, etc) and ask they buy what they want and I'll print.

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siprus t1_j8dja7m wrote

Thumb prosthetics already exist. No need to wait for this invention.

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TwoWheelAddict t1_j8dm2xn wrote

Oh nice, maybe he can get some one day. It's already been a couple years, but will probably take a while since he lives in rural Mississippi with no health insurance.

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aCleverGroupofAnts t1_j8dbak1 wrote

Sorry for being a bit pedantic, but "electrocuted" means "killed by electricity". It's a combo of "electric" and "execute".

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jebailey t1_j8ddi07 wrote

I apologize for doubling down on being pedantic. Although your etymology is correct, electrocute is to kill or injure by electricity. Therefore their usage was correct.

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Ok-Camp-7285 t1_j8dczpt wrote

What would be the correct verb to use in this case?

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aCleverGroupofAnts t1_j8ddci4 wrote

Technically "electrified", but that doesn't sound quite right to me, so I say "electric shocked"

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more_walls t1_j8dfm95 wrote

Electrocute is just a fun word.

For killed by electric shock, you can specify "heart attack" or "lightly cooked/extra rare."

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Aonswitch t1_j8ddc7t wrote

So dumb that people mess this up every day all the damn time

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Tulkash_Atomic t1_j8dcyzr wrote

I think I first saw it a year ago sometime. This isn’t brand new.

Edit: Paper published in 2021

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jenapii t1_j8d9ezz wrote

Tell him to check out the i-Digit prosthetic

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AirborneRunaway t1_j8ejvil wrote

Who’s got got two thumbs and the world at their fingertips? Not this guy’s cousin…

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Aonswitch t1_j8dda2x wrote

If he was electrocuted your brother would have died. If he didn’t die he was shocked

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