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e-NABLE: Helping Hands in the Global Village | Jon Schull | TEDxRochester

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You've seen his work all over the internet by now! In this truly inspirational talk, Jon talks about building a global community working hard to provide children and veterans who need a prosthetic hand.

Research Scientist, MAGIC (Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity) Center at RIT

A biological psychologist, inventor, entrepreneur, and human-computer interaction researcher, Dr. Jon Schull is the creator of e-NABLE, an online community that designs, customizes and fabricates affordable 3D-printed prosthetic hands for children and adults with missing fingers and hands. Schull, eNABLE, and its members have been featured in conferences, magazines, and news shows worldwide, including Science Online 2014, the Intel Sales Conference, National Collegiate Innovators and Inventors Alliance and the CBS Evening News. Schull’s Ph.D. is in Biological Psychology. He is the author of 19 patents, and is the former director of RIT’s Center for Student Innovation. In his current role as research scientist in MAGIC, Schull directs a new initiative in Access and Collaboration Technologies.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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