Hana Eddib
Core Chemistry
Current Events 2
2/22/15
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/science/hand-of-a-superhero.html?ref=science
Hand of a Superhero: 3-D Printing Prosthetic Hands That Are Anything but
Ordinary
Mroz, Jacqueline. "Hand of a Superhero." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
The article " Hand of a Superhero: 3-D Printing Prosthetic Hands That are Anything but Ordinary focuses on a new idea that allows children born with missing fingers, to wear a prosthetic hand and help them live life as normal as possible. Starting in 2013, an online volunteer organization named E-nable started searching for children in need of prosthetic hands and fingers and pairing them up with a free 3-D prosthetic hand created by a member of the organization. This idea allows for a cheaper, and more practical solution in comparison to a normal prosthetic hand that cost thousands of dollars and would have to continue to be replaced as the child grows and develops. Another intriguing factor is that the hands can be made by practically anyone and they even have assembly tutorials on youtube explaining how to put it on and wear it. The article explains that "more than 50 groups, such as Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops and schools like Convent of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan, have created hands for about 500 children." If young children can create these prosthetic hands then clearly it must be something big. The 3-D prosthetic hands are becoming so popular that it attracts medical centers and doctors. The article stated that recently John Hopkins hospital joined in on creating these amazing hands. The article states, "The hospital has purchased a 3-D printer and has begun printing free prosthetic devices for children." They then go on to quote Dr. Albert Chi who said, “Anyone can get one of these hands — it doesn’t matter what insurance or health provider you have.” She later concluded, “To be able to provide such a functional tool for anyone with congenital hand or limb loss, it kind of brings you to tears a little bit.” Kids in need of these hands are so excited at the idea not only to be able to create it to look however they want, but also because it is changing their life forever in allowing them to use both hands instead of just one.
This article was an important read for people all around America. Personally, while reading it I felt proud to be an american and proud to be living in a country that continues to grow and prosper and find new ideas and create new things that can change a human being’s life for the better. This article allows people across the country and maybe even the world to understand how these medical cures and ideas that are being found can help individuals and even save their life. In this case what makes it so great, is that it is a creation that can be built by anyone.
This article was overall well-written and very informative. I enjoyed how the author included many personal stories to show the impact of this prosthetic hand. If I could change anything about the article it would be to include more background information on the 3-D prosthetic hand. The author could’ve included when this idea was found and how the creators came up with it. Overall, this article was thoroughly written and I enjoyed reading about another amazing scientific creation.
Mroz, Jacqueline. "Hand of a Superhero." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
ReplyDeleteI thought that Hana did a great job with her review of the New York Times article “Hand of a Superhero: 3-D Printing Prosthetic Hands That Are Anything But,” by Jacqueline Mroz. Her review interested me and informed me of a new technology that I knew nothing about. I really liked how Hana compared the 3- D prosthetic hand to a normal one that is regularly used because it allows readers to see why this new technology is so important and what makes it better from other forms of prosthetic hands. I also liked how Hana quoted the author of the article in her review because it gave me more information about who can make the prosthetic hands and who can get these new prosthetic hands. Hana did a good job of including statistics in her report, such as the number of groups creating the prosthetic hands and the number of children receiving the prosthetic hands. One thing I think Hana could improve upon is at the end of her review she says that she liked how the author included many personal stories to show the impact of the prosthetic hand. I think she could have included one of those stories in her summary to show an example of someone who is using this new technology. I also think that she could have included more information on how the prosthetic hands are built and how the children use them because I was curious about this after reading her review. Overall, I really liked Hana’s review and found this new technology very interesting. From her review, I learned that there was even such a thing as a prosthetic hand made by a 3-D printer. I had no idea that this revolutionary technology was even being built! I also learned lots about who could make the hands and who is receiving the hands now.
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ReplyDeleteMroz, Jacqueline. "Hand of a Superhero." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
ReplyDeleteI thought that Hana did an amazing job with her review of the New York Times article, I learned a lot from this article and how technology is helping kids with prosthetic hands. Her review showed me a new technology that I knew nothing about. I liked how Hana compared the 3D prosthetic hand to a normal one and showed the price, I was really surprised because the price's were nothing a like and should how things are started to change with the help of technology. Hana did a good job of putting statistics in her report like the number of groups creating the prosthetic hands and the number of children getting the prosthetic hands. What I think Hana could have done better is show how the hands are used and how they affect there daily life. Overall I think Hana did a great job. I learned a lot of things I didn't know were possible in-till now.
ReplyDeleteMroz, Jacqueline. "Hand of a Superhero." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
Hanna did an excellent job on her review of,”Hand of a Superhero.” This article was from the New York Times and written by Jacqueline Mroz. Hannah's review gave me knowledge of a new type of technology. I liked how she talked about 3D printing which was very interesting and very informative. I didn’t know much about the topic but she thoroughly explained the details in her review. I liked how Hannah added quotes in from her article to her review. I like this because it supports what she is talking about in her review. I also liked how Hannah started her article. She had a strong topic sentence and gave good background information. I would suggest on writing more in your own words than other peoples. What I mean is you have a lot of other peoples words in your paragraph, I would add more of your own. One other thing I would improve on is talking about how the technology is doing now. What I mean she you talked about when it was created but not how its been doing up to this point in time. I was impressed that kids were helping out on this project. Im impressed how the kids help and hoe they can function the new technology.
ReplyDeleteMroz, Jacqueline. "Hand of a Superhero." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.
Hanna did an excellent job on her review of,”Hand of a Superhero.” This article was from the New York Times and written by Jacqueline Mroz. Hannah's review gave me knowledge of a new type of technology. I liked how she talked about 3D printing which was very interesting and very informative. I didn’t know much about the topic but she thoroughly explained the details in her review. I liked how Hannah added quotes in from her article to her review. I like this because it supports what she is talking about in her review. I also liked how Hannah started her article. She had a strong topic sentence and gave good background information. I would suggest on writing more in your own words than other peoples. What I mean is you have a lot of other peoples words in your paragraph, I would add more of your own. One other thing I would improve on is talking about how the technology is doing now. What I mean she you talked about when it was created but not how its been doing up to this point in time. I was impressed that kids were helping out on this project. Im impressed how the kids help and hoe they can function the new technology.
Mroz, Jacqueline. "Hand of a Superhero." The New York Times. The New York Times, 16 Feb. 2015. Web. 22 Feb. 2015
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/17/science/hand-of-a-superhero.html?ref=science
Hana's review of the article, "Hand of a Superhero: 3-D Printing Prosthetic Hands That are Anything but Ordinary" by Jacqueline Mroz, goes into great detail of new way to create cheaper prosthetic hands for children. In her first paragraph, Hana was able to give a lot of specific evidence from the article that showed how much she knew about the subject. She was really able to convey how important this new way of creating prosthetic hands is. They are cheaper to buy and would last longer than an ordinary prosthetic. I also liked how she included the different groups that are working hard to make them. It shows how much people are really getting involved in this and how helpful and important it is. I also thought that her topic sentence was well structured and strong. It set a good premise for the rest of her current event. One thing that I would criticize about this response is that she had some grammatical issues. For example, when she said, "Personally, while reading it I felt proud to be an american and proud to be living in a country that continues to grow and prosper and find new ideas and create new things that can change a human being’s life for the better", it was a bit of a run-on sentence where she used 'and' a lot. She also forgot to capitalize 'American.' Another thing that I would suggest for this response is to provide some detail about some of the stories of kids who had benefitted from this new idea as she said in the third paragraph. I am amazed that a 3-D printer can do this and I hope that it will be able to help even more people in the future.