This 22-Year-Old Is Partnering With Industry Powerhouses To Revolutionize Prosthetics

Easton LaChappelle built his first robotic arm when he was 14 years old. In the eight years since, he has founded a company to manufacture them, Unlimited Tomorrow. Now that company has partnered with industry and tech heavyweights like Microsoft, Dassault Systèmes, and Stratasys to scale up the ability to make customized prosthetics. In particular, Stratasys will be working with Unlimited Tomorrow on research and development and will be the exclusive provider of 3D printing for the company.

The end goal for Unlimited Tomorrow is to develop working robotic prosthetics that can be sold for a fraction of the cost that prosthetics are sold for now, and be a perfect fit for its customers, to boot. The company aims to make that possible by 3D printing as much as possible.

"The whole structure is 3D printed," said LaChappelle. "Apart from some nuts and bolts and electronics, the full device is 3D printed."