Tony Stark Personally Delivers Bionic Arm to 7-Year Old

 Bionics  

Seven-year-old Alex Pring, got a personal delivery when his favorite superhero showed up to give him a working Iron Man bionic arm.

Tony Stark, AKA Robot Downey Jr., will probably always be a superhero in the eyes of 7-year-old Alex Pring, who was born with a partially developed right arm.

In the video above, Downey dressed as Tony Stark and staying in character, presents Alex with a fully functional Iron Man bionic arm. The arm was made by Albert Manero, a volunteer for the non-profit organization Limbitless Solutions.

“My parents always encouraged me to use my education to help others and to dream big dreams,” says Manero, a Fulbright scholar and doctoral student in mechanical engineering at the University of Central Florida. “Now I want to inspire others to help engineer hope for the world.”

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Limbitless Solutions is an engineering community devoted to changing lives through the innovation of new bionic arm designs and development of a worldwide network of makers and thinkers. They operate as volunteers under E-nable, an already global network of engineers and 3D print enthusiasts who share our enthusiasm for the 3D maker movement.

The organization's mission is "to create a world without limits, where everyone has access to the tools necessary to manufacture simple, affordable, and accessible solutions through open source design and 3D printing."

Alex with arm maker, Albert Manero

Manero says each bionic limb he builds takes 50-70 hours to print and about 12 hours to put together. He’d been working with Alex’s family to perfect the arm, which is fully operational and is controlled by Alex flexing his biceps.

Downey is getting a lot of the credit with this story, but the real hero here is Manero and Limbitless Solutions.

SOURCE  The Collective Project

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