My Dad has been in touch with Steve Wood one of the people leading the way with the designs of new hands and he has sent us this video of the Flexy hand 2.

Im really excited as this looks and moves more like a hand and is flexible.

Dad says he will find a way of making me one – Fingers crossed – Watch this space !!

Check this out !!

We have just heard about Open Bionics winning the James Dyson Award for creating a mechanical 3d printed bionic hand.

Check out the article here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34044453

Again the creator of this Joel Gibbard has created his designs to be Open source which means they are available for free to be used so long as you make any amendments to it free to others. This technology is really flying.

I have some ideas of my own for a bionic foot following watching the video of the Ted talk by Hugh Herr, he is an amazing guy who climbs mountains with bionic legs. Its definitely worth a watch until the end where he shows a lady -Adrian Haslett Davies  who is a Ballroom dancer, she lost her leg in the Boston bombing and Hugh and his team at MIT have created a bionic leg so agile that she can now dance again. At the end of the clip she does her first performance on stage and it is quite emotional

Wow what can i say today has been amazing!!!! I feel so good, it was great to see boys and girls come today to make their 3d hands.

We had 4 families there today who have left with their completed hands, added to the 3 families 2 weeks ago that means we have a grand total of 7 kids now with 3d hands.

We now hope to see everyone and anyone else that wants to join us at the interest group that will be starting at Does sometime in the next few months.

we are really looking forward to seeing everyone that is booked on to the day at fact where we will be making the hands that have been printed.

I think there are 8 families coming to make their hands & take them home with them. I hope they make such a difference as mine has !!

Pics to follow ….

I was so excited today when the film crew for BBC’s make it digital came to interview dad, adrian & I at does Liverpool. They had heard about our project & want to run a piece on how we found out about & then put the 3d hands together.

I was really nervous this time & fluffed my lines a few times but they were really nice & tried to put me at ease.