Disney Joins Forces with a Bionics Firm to Change the Lives of Some Children

What are you looking at is Disney Bionic prosthetic arms for children. These are so cool. Best of all they are low-cost. The Star Wars one has a lightsabre hand and when you turn it on the LED’s light up and you hear the electronic buzz that Star Wars fans know and love. That is not it, there is button that allows the child to change the color of the lights.  “We’ve already had several requests for the lightsabre from people who aren’t kids,” said Joel Gibbard, 25. He is the British robotic engineer that has spent the past few months developing these amazing prosthetics.

There is more than just Star Wars. There is also Iron man and Frozen to choose from. They do look like an expensive toy but they are not. They are real prosthetic devices that are designed to transform little lives, and look pretty cool in the process. These come from a Bristol-based company called Open Bionics. So instead of kids being asked “how did you lose your hand”, now people will ask about their cool arm and they can show them all it can do. I am sure that will help these children out immensely.

They are not just a cool new prosthetic device they are also functional. Example: The led lights on the Iron Man one are used to display the muscle signals that the child is sending to the device. To a kid it is just a cool light show, but it means more than that. There is also vibration feature that will vibrate if the child fires a rocket, but this feature also send reports back to the parents of how strong the child’s grip is.

Open Bionics was given $120,000 and access to designers and techs that worked on all 3 of these movies. Disney also gave royalty-free licences which means that the price can stay down and more kids can benefit from these. The cost is expected to be less than $500.00. They should be on sale before the end on next year.

How amazing is this? Gotta love that Disney Magic!

Wishing you Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust

Maria

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