Friday, July 01, 2016
Giving a Hand
autodesk.blogs.com: Yesterday many big hearted employees in the Autodesk Lake Oswego Oregon office took time to assemble 3D printed Phoenix prosthetic hands designed using Autodesk’s own Fusion 360 in the e-NABLE Buildathon. The hands are destined with a personal card for children in war torn Syria by e-NABLE. Autodesk employees around the world donate their personal time year around and Autodesk whole heartily supports this and matches the time and donations and also has a philanthropic foundation with the Autodesk Foundation to further show the commitment and commitment to Imagine, Design, and Create a Better World. During the month of June Autodesk has focused on a Global Month of Impact and organized several volunteer projects in offices.
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Its crazy how in 2016 we can make prosthetic hand for people. It changes lives, it gives people back the freedom they lost. In the article they talk about how they make the hands for a war torn Syria, I think that's amazing that this company is giving back to such a deserving place and helping out innocent people. These people go to work everyday doing what they love but making a huge impact on someone's life. The receiver may never know who made the hand but they share a special connection. Technology has given us the opportunity to change lives every day and this hand is just one example of that. This company is also not charging for them which mean underprivileged children and underserved populations can afford them. These people never have gotten this type of opportunity before and its amazing what this company does every day changing someone's life.
I like that a large tech company is taking the time to utilize their own technology to make a difference in the world. It not only shows the public the abilities of their tech, but makes the company more personable and chooses to do something for those less fortunate. As someone who does robotics at school, I've had my fair share of painful hours using autodesk to cad robot parts for our 3D printer, but I forget the extent to which the technology I use can make a difference. I think I'll appreciate the gift I have to use all this incredible technology more, but I'm not sure how I can actually use it to make a difference personally; It's something to think about. My robotics team does a lot of community service, but it's interesting to think about using out privilege to help people outside out own community.
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