About this episode
Matt Bowtell discusses his journey from being a Toyota engineer to founding Free 3D Hands, focusing on the development of affordable bionic hands.
Matt Bowtell is Founder and CEO of Free 3D Hands. Formerly a Toyota engineer Matt visited Japan as a young engineering student and was excited to see a $1 million bionic arm but sad that most people Original air date: 29.05.26 Support the show: https://donate.2rph.org.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Guest: Matt Bowtell
Topics covered
- 3D printing
- bionic technology
- engineering
- innovation
- assistive devices
Keywords
- 3D hands
- bionic arm
- assistive technology
- engineering
- innovation
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Free 3D Hands, Toyota
Places: Japan
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