> Adding insult to injury, these thoroughly low-tech braces cost more than iPads, generally coming with a $300-700 price tag. I think "astoundingly cheap" is t

> Adding insult to injury, these thoroughly low-tech braces cost more than iPads, generally coming with a $300-700 price tag. I think "astoundingly cheap" is the important part here. While the title might lead you to believe that these students came up with the idea for using a brace to fix clubfoot, the article itself doesn't give that impression. These students came up with a low cost implementation of the Denis Browne bar. This means that the Ponsetti method will be available to the masses. Since the brace they developed is more comfortable than other braces, and more like a toy, it will also lead to more effective treatment of clubfoot through better compliance.