3D replica of a 500-year-old iron prosthetic hand reveals the hidden story of a Renaissance amputee.
Historians and engineers have brought a 16th-century mechanical hand back to life using 3D printing—unlocking secrets about technology, disability, and human resilience in the early modern world.
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https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/renaissance-prosthetic-hand-0022230

Feeling the need to add some hashtags, because I’m interested in a wider array of things than I included in my brief #introduction.
So: #Bicycles #Hiking #Photography #Trees #Mosstodon #LichenSubscribe #Histodons #MedievalHistory #RenaissanceHistory
#Astronomy
#Climate
#Urbanism #Sourdough #Knitting #YarnDyeing
#Ocean #bioluminescence
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