F1 team helps boy get bionic hand
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Uploaded by UnitedKingdomNews on Aug 16, 2011
A Formula One fan has had his wish of a new bionic hand fulfilled after a plucky letter to Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn.
Matthew James, a 14-year-old from Wokingham in Berkshire, was born without a left hand.
He had his eye on an i-Limb Pulse from Touch Bionics, a firm in Scotland. His family had raised some money, but nowhere near the £30,000 needed.
Mercedes and Touch Bionics agreed to share technology which is used in both the cars and the bionic arm, and as part of the deal the £25,000 fee to fit the hand and train Matthew to use it was waived.
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i can't believe darth vador is coming to real life!!!
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I am a multiple amputee - lost fingers and had partial amputations of both my feet. Before I lost my insurance, they denied me prosthetics. What do I have to do to get help? Really! I can no longer work, do not qualify for assistance, but can't afford what I need to "literally" get back on my feet. I would love to return to work, to being the dancer, musician and artist I once was. It would be a wonderful thing if this sort of thing would be available & affordable to all those in need
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Steve Jobs had lots of money and he's still dead.
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How many people have you killed with that hand?
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So culd u do parkour with one of those hands if u completely understood and were good at using it?
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I never asked for this...
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This guy goes to my school!
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of course that mercedes mother fucker would give this to a kid in stead of soldiers missing limbs and shit, its cool that this kid got this hand, but really..........
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Tries to masturbate with his left because it feels like someone else, cums has a muscle spasm and pulls his cock off!
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after 20-30 years everybody will make jokes on this primitive bionic hand.it's like when we look now at those first laptops from 1985:)
navaro20 6 months ago 54
newhandfund dt com for the real story, F1 pics and why we're still raising funds to support Matthew !
pocketmoon 6 months ago 22