A Prosthetic Arm With A Mercedes Logo For F1 Fan Matthew, 14
A TEENAGER has a new £35,000 bionic hand – thanks to an F1 team.
Motor-racing fan Matthew James, 14, wrote to Ross Brawn, boss of Mercedes GP Petronas, asking him to pay for the hi-tech artificial limb.
He offered to let the team put the Merc logo on the hand for publicity.
Mr Brawn was so impressed that he asked specialist firm Touch Bionics to fit Matthew with an i-LIMB Pulse, the world’s most advanced prosthetic limb.
Matthew, of Wokingham, Berks, was born without a left hand, and controls the fingers through electrodes that sense arm muscle signals.
He can hold a pen, draw pictures and catch a ball. The hand will have a tiny Merc badge on it.
Matthew said: “It’s so cool.” Mr Brawn, who persuaded fans and sponsors to contribute, said: “It was a pleasure.
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I love to hear of benevolent people making a real and welcome difference to someone’s life.
Mum always said “don’t ask, don’t get”.
It would certainly seem, in this instance, she’d be right!
Matthew bit the bullet and asked the people in a position to help – and they were only too happy to – it warms the cockles of the heart it does! Thanks for this post!
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