{"id":57104,"date":"2018-07-23T04:47:39","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T04:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.i-believe.org\/?p=57104"},"modified":"2018-07-23T04:47:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T04:47:39","slug":"the-couple-that-recycles-ocean-plastic-into-cost-effective-prosthetic-limbs-for-the-needy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/2018\/07\/23\/the-couple-that-recycles-ocean-plastic-into-cost-effective-prosthetic-limbs-for-the-needy\/","title":{"rendered":"The couple that recycles ocean plastic into cost-effective prosthetic limbs for the needy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the incredible couple that is tackling two global problems with one brilliant solution!<\/p>\n<p>Chris Moriarity and his wife Laura run a charity called the Million Waves Project under which they use ocean plastic and convert it into 3-D printed prosthetic limbs for needy people around the globe.<\/p>\n<p>Since the materials used are super cheap, each prosthetic costs just $45, which the couple funds\u00a0through donations, sponsorships, and selling keychains on the charity&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Moriaritys prepare the plastic by cutting it up by hand and feeding it into a paper shredder, and then a 3-D printer. After that, they use an app to connect with people who need prosthetics so they can design the gadget specifically to their measurements.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kindakind.com\/couple-begins-initiative-that-turns-ocean-trash-into-prosthetic-limbs-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/kindakind.com\/couple-begins-initiative-that-turns-ocean-trash-into-prosthetic-limbs-for-kids\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the incredible couple that is tackling two global problems with one brilliant solution! Chris Moriarity and his wife Laura run a charity called the Million Waves Project under which they use ocean plastic and convert it into 3-D printed prosthetic limbs for needy people around the globe. Since the materials used are super cheap, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-believe.org\/gbrifoundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}