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So, the idea worked great. We printed a leg $4,000 and it had the feature set of a leg probably in the sixty to a hundred thousand dollars set range. And my hope of getting this virally spread throughout the world fell apart because the rest of the world doesn't have $4,000 to spend on it. I talked to the International Red Cross and the said yeah, $400 tops, try to get it down to the 200 range. So, I was an order of magnitude off, you know. So all of a sudden, the idea that I had of creating this very disruptive change in the prosthetic leg world didn't really happen, kind of fell apart. So, I thought about it, redesigned everything and thought okay, if I am going to create a leg that's now for the U.S. market, let's shift markets and gears. How do you make something that is just flat out beautiful? That's the thing that I want to see when I wake up in the morning, that's the sports car that I get to wear and get to show off to the world. So, I set about to that and this is what was created. This is a guy named John Siciliano, hit by a drunk driver at 18. And so again, a 3D scan of his leg mirrored over. In this case thinking of a higher dime, higher budget, so did leather, chrome, polished metal and the idea is just to make it look good. Now he gets a couple of other details. He gets to switch out the leather in the front because if you are going to treat it little bit like fashion why not? The leather is going to wear out, swap it out from one time to the next. And this was looking great. His girlfriend saw him wearing this, I guess, wearing is a term when there isn't even a term that's terribly good for this. His girlfriend saw him with this and she said 'Wow, I like that leg better than your other leg'. And here he is scratching his head and he turns and he says 'Nobody has ever said that, nobody says that to an amputee, that's the weirdest thing I ever heard'. And I was like yeah, that means score, that was a victory. So, the problem there is that I started realizing that the amount of time it takes to create this and the complexity, the pure geometric complexity to create this leg was pretty prohibitive. I'd narrowed my market down to probably about five and so the business model, for all the business people here, they'd do the math and realize, yeah that is... So, I started thinking okay, really how do I strip this down to the core with the essence of it, giving it, giving something that is otherwise clumsy machinery, giving it a beauty and a grace and a form and a sensuality and a uniqueness that wouldn't inheritably have. And so I was riding around on the motorcycle - this isn't mine, I wish - but riding around on my motorcycle, thinking okay well motorcycles do this all the time. You know, why don't we just strip it down to its basics, it's essence here. And so I tried making something that was the lowest cost way to get the job done here and had a test pilot. Chad here tried it out. Now Chad is a competitive soccer player and his challenge was that you can't play competitive soccer when your legs have been replaced by a thirty millimeter titanium pipe because somebody is going to kick you at full speed and bust their toes and all their metacarpals. So, he was not allowed to play, and on top of that he couldn't feel the ball because you can't anticipate the trajectory of how the ball is going to ricochet off your leg when it's a 30 millimeter titanium pipe. So, scanned his sound-side limb, mirrored it over and 3D printed this leg and we put it on him and watched him play soccer. And what was interesting is after a few weeks - this is not entirely expected - he said all of a sudden, his brain started to recognize and remap this new leg to his body again. He lost his leg, eight years before he lost his leg to cancer. All of a sudden he is playing soccer, competitively again, because his brain is thinking that his body is in some form back. So, it's a type of, it's a way of really regaining your sense of self, your sense of physicality.


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So, the idea worked great. Итак, идея отлично сработала. We printed a leg $4,000 and it had the feature set of a leg probably in the sixty to a hundred thousand dollars set range. Мы напечатали ногу за 4000 долларов, и она имела набор функций ноги, вероятно, в диапазоне от шестидесяти до ста тысяч долларов. And my hope of getting this virally spread throughout the world fell apart because the rest of the world doesn't have $4,000 to spend on it. И моя надежда на то, что это вирусное распространение распространится по всему миру, рухнула, потому что у остального мира нет 4000 долларов, чтобы потратить на это. I talked to the International Red Cross and the said yeah, $400 tops, try to get it down to the 200 range. Я разговаривал с Международным Красным Крестом, и мне сказали, что да, максимум 400 долларов, попробуй снизить цену до 200 долларов. So, I was an order of magnitude off, you know. Так что я ошибся на порядок, понимаете. So all of a sudden, the idea that I had of creating this very disruptive change in the prosthetic leg world didn't really happen, kind of fell apart. Внезапно идея, которая у меня была, о том, чтобы создать это очень разрушительное изменение в мире протезов ног, на самом деле не осуществилась, как бы развалилась. So, I thought about it, redesigned everything and thought okay, if I am going to create a leg that's now for the U.S. Итак, я подумал об этом, переделал все и подумал, хорошо, если я собираюсь создать ногу, которая теперь для США. market, let's shift markets and gears. рынок, давайте сменим рынки и механизмы. How do you make something that is just flat out beautiful? Как сделать что-то просто красивое? That's the thing that I want to see when I wake up in the morning, that's the sports car that I get to wear and get to show off to the world. Это то, что я хочу видеть, когда просыпаюсь утром, это спортивная машина, которую я надену и смогу похвастаться перед миром. So, I set about to that and this is what was created. Итак, я приступил к этому, и это то, что было создано. This is a guy named John Siciliano, hit by a drunk driver at 18. Это парень по имени Джон Сицилиано, сбитый пьяным водителем в 18 лет. And so again, a 3D scan of his leg mirrored over. И снова 3D-сканирование его ноги зеркально отразилось. In this case thinking of a higher dime, higher budget, so did leather, chrome, polished metal and the idea is just to make it look good. В этом случае думали о более высокой цене, более высоком бюджете, кожа, хром, полированный металл, и идея состоит в том, чтобы просто сделать так, чтобы это выглядело хорошо. Now he gets a couple of other details. Теперь он узнает еще пару деталей. He gets to switch out the leather in the front because if you are going to treat it little bit like fashion why not? Он может заменить кожу спереди, потому что, если вы собираетесь относиться к этому немного как к моде, почему бы и нет? The leather is going to wear out, swap it out from one time to the next. Кожа изнашивается, меняйте ее от одного раза к другому. And this was looking great. И это выглядело великолепно. His girlfriend saw him wearing this, I guess, wearing is a term when there isn't even a term that's terribly good for this. Его девушка видела, как он носил это, я думаю, носить — это термин, когда нет даже термина, который был бы ужасно хорош для этого. His girlfriend saw him with this and she said 'Wow, I like that leg better than your other leg'. Его девушка увидела его с этим и сказала: «Вау, мне эта нога нравится больше, чем твоя другая нога». And here he is scratching his head and he turns and he says 'Nobody has ever said that, nobody says that to an amputee, that's the weirdest thing I ever heard'. И вот он чешет затылок, поворачивается и говорит: «Никто никогда этого не говорил, никто не говорит этого человеку с ампутированной конечностью, это самая странная вещь, которую я когда-либо слышал». And I was like yeah, that means score, that was a victory. И я такой: да, это значит, что забил, это была победа. So, the problem there is that I started realizing that the amount of time it takes to create this and the complexity, the pure geometric complexity to create this leg was pretty prohibitive. Итак, проблема в том, что я начал понимать, что количество времени, необходимое для создания этого, и сложность, чисто геометрическая сложность для создания этой ноги, были довольно непомерно высокими. I'd narrowed my market down to probably about five and so the business model, for all the business people here, they'd do the math and realize, yeah that is... So, I started thinking okay, really how do I strip this down to the core with the essence of it, giving it, giving something that is otherwise clumsy machinery, giving it a beauty and a grace and a form and a sensuality and a uniqueness that wouldn't inheritably have. Я сузил свой рынок примерно до пяти, и поэтому бизнес-модель для всех деловых людей здесь, они сделали бы математику и поняли бы, да, это... Итак, я начал думать, хорошо, действительно, как я могу разбери это до самой сути, дай это, дай то, что в противном случае было бы неуклюжим механизмом, дай этому красоту и изящество, форму, чувственность и уникальность, которых не было бы по наследству. And so I was riding around on the motorcycle - this isn't mine, I wish - but riding around on my motorcycle, thinking okay well motorcycles do this all the time. You know, why don't we just strip it down to its basics, it's essence here. And so I tried making something that was the lowest cost way to get the job done here and had a test pilot. Chad here tried it out. Now Chad is a competitive soccer player and his challenge was that you can't play competitive soccer when your legs have been replaced by a thirty millimeter titanium pipe because somebody is going to kick you at full speed and bust their toes and all their metacarpals. So, he was not allowed to play, and on top of that he couldn't feel the ball because you can't anticipate the trajectory of how the ball is going to ricochet off your leg when it's a 30 millimeter titanium pipe. So, scanned his sound-side limb, mirrored it over and 3D printed this leg and we put it on him and watched him play soccer. And what was interesting is after a few weeks - this is not entirely expected - he said all of a sudden, his brain started to recognize and remap this new leg to his body again. He lost his leg, eight years before he lost his leg to cancer. All of a sudden he is playing soccer, competitively again, because his brain is thinking that his body is in some form back. So, it's a type of, it's a way of really regaining your sense of self, your sense of physicality.