Wednesday, August 24, 2011
My other hand is a Mercedes
Most young boys, and men – and come to think of it some girls and many women too – would enjoy owning a Mercedes car.
One 14-year-old boy, however, has a Mercedes hand.We should probably explain…
The young boy in question was born without his left hand and part of his left forearm, and as a keen F1 fan he wrote to the boss of the F1 Mercedes (GP Petronas) asking if the company would pay around £30,000 for a state-of-the-art bionic hand for him if he agreed to have it branded with their logo, as you do.
Instead of a rejection letter from the powerful firm, the boy was told that, ‘yes’, Mercedes was happy to help.
It got together with Touch Bionics, a company which creates arguably the most advanced prosthetic limbs in the world, to make the lad an i-LIMB Pulse hand capable of gripping a pen, tying shoelaces and holding up a 14 stone weight!
Unsurprisingly the 14-year-old said, “It is just amazing. My old artificial hand had a pretty basic open-close mechanism similar to a clamp.
“But with this one I can do everything. It also looks really cool – the outer-shell is see-through so you can actually see the mechanics working. They are even going to put a little Mercedes badge by the wrist.
“I am actually looking forward to getting back to school so I can test it out.”
We’re sure the other boys will be envious!
Photo © epekopurnomo via photobucket
Labels: bionic, car, F1, hand, i-LIMB Pulse, Mercedes, Touch Bionics
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posted by Fuse @ 12:47 AM 
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