Unlimited Tomorrow
Unlimited Tomorrow is an Rhinebeck-based[1] American company that manufactures low-cost, high-quality robotic limbs.[2] The low-cost prosthetic effort was started by Easton LaChappelle, an entrepreneur who founded Unlimited Tomorrow when he was 17.[3] LaChappelle eventually met author/business strategist Tony Robbins, who gave him the initial starting capital to create Unlimited Tomorrow in 2014.[4]
The company ran a crowdfunding campaign in 2018 and it raised $1.6 million from 1,200 investors in 30 days.[5]
TrueLimb is a bionic arm[6] and it was launched in 2020.[7] The prostetic is controlled using muscles within the residual limb.[8] The arms are made with dozens of sensors, an Arm M4 processor and rigid skin produced on a 3D printer.[9] The prosthetic arm can be 3D scanned, match the other arm identically, and comes in 450 different skin tones.[10] A traditional device can cost up to $80,000 but a TrueLimb costs $8,000, largely because there's no middleman involved.[11]
In 2022-20023, the company has helped raise nearly $370,000 on GoFundMe to provide upper-limb prostheses to Ukrainians.[12]
Notes
- ↑ "A custom fit? 3D printing for prosthetic limbs". 8 February 2023.
- ↑ "This U.S. Company manufactures low-cost, high-quality robotic limbs for victims of the Ukraine-Russia war". CNBC.
- ↑ "Stratasys, Dassault, Unlimited Tomorrow team up to scale low-cost 3D printed prosthetics". ZDNet.
- ↑ "Easton LaChappelle Creates Products for Amputees—Without Raising the Price". 3 September 2020.
- ↑ "Unlimited Tomorrow Cracks the Code on Robotic Arm Prosthetics". Forbes.
- ↑ "The 3D-printed bionic arm that is disrupting the prosthetics industry".
- ↑ "Opinion | the ironic challenge amputees like me are facing". NBC News.
- ↑ "This young entrepreneur skipped college to create robotic limbs that users can control with their minds". 31 August 2020.
- ↑ https://www.fierceelectronics.com/electronics/unlimited-tomorrow-making-plans-for-prosthetics-needs-globally
- ↑ "This might be the most customizable and affordable prosthetic arm yet — Future Blink". Mashable. 8 February 2022.
- ↑ "TrueLimb robotic arms look real and cost less than traditional prosthetics".
- ↑ "How You Can Support Ukraine's War Amputees". 22 February 2023.