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Project "Iron Auntie" Success! Helping one of the last polio survivors in an iron lung.

Naomi Wu · other · Watch on YouTube

3D printing, CNC & maker projectsMedicine & infectious disease

What it is

Naomi Wu documents her project helping Martha Lillard, one of the last polio survivors living in an iron lung, by fabricating replacement neck collars in Shenzhen. She reports the collars worked.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a concrete example of a maker helping save someone's life, and as evidence of Wu's work when she was omitted from press coverage.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Positive outcome where she helped save someone's life”

    zuppy, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “I Am Deleting the Blog”

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Topics: iron lung, polio, maker, naomi wu, shenzhen

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