A nine-year-old who was bullied for having only one hand has become the first boy in the UK to be fitted with a new child-sized bionic hand.Josh Cathcart, from Dalgety Bay in Fife, was tormented by classmates for his disability but now he said he cannot wait to show off his "awesome" new hand to friends at school.His parents Clare and James told the Press Association they were motivated to find a solution after Josh became withdrawn because of the bullying and they came across Touch Bionics in Livingston, West Lothian.Touch Bionics had just developed the i-limb Quantum, an extra-small prosthetic which gives Josh a range of motion.Alison Goodwin, a prosthetist at Touch Bionics, told the BBC: "We do fit the hand worldwide but he's the first one that we have fitted here in Scotland, so it's great that he's a local lad."Josh is delighted with his new hand, which he can control by gestures and movements which signal electrodes on the surface of his skin within the prosthesis' socket. "I got to put it on about two days ago. I can stick my thumb up. I can make a pinch grip, I can get a grip for cutting with a knife, I made myself a bagel yesterday. I can open bottles and packets, I can build Lego and pull my trousers up."
he's a local lad
The final piece of the puzzle.This is whats been missing. Once I acquire the bionic hand, nothing will stop me from becoming Big boss.
Quote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 03:34:00 PMThe final piece of the puzzle.This is whats been missing. Once I acquire the bionic hand, nothing will stop me from becoming Big boss.Make your mother figure slice one of your eyes, and have a big Russian dude torture you with electricity.
This guy in MGS had one before it was cool.
Quote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 04:14:54 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 03:34:00 PMThe final piece of the puzzle.This is whats been missing. Once I acquire the bionic hand, nothing will stop me from becoming Big boss.Make your mother figure slice one of your eyes, and have a big Russian dude torture you with electricity.The Boss didn't slice out BB's eye, though.
Quote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 05:17:11 PMQuote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 04:14:54 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 03:34:00 PMThe final piece of the puzzle.This is whats been missing. Once I acquire the bionic hand, nothing will stop me from becoming Big boss.Make your mother figure slice one of your eyes, and have a big Russian dude torture you with electricity.The Boss didn't slice out BB's eye, though.I kno, just to make sure.
Quote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 05:22:35 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 05:17:11 PMQuote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 04:14:54 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 03:34:00 PMThe final piece of the puzzle.This is whats been missing. Once I acquire the bionic hand, nothing will stop me from becoming Big boss.Make your mother figure slice one of your eyes, and have a big Russian dude torture you with electricity.The Boss didn't slice out BB's eye, though.I kno, just to make sure.If it's any consolation I'm half blind.
Quote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 05:23:10 PMQuote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 05:22:35 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 05:17:11 PMQuote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 04:14:54 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 03:34:00 PMThe final piece of the puzzle.This is whats been missing. Once I acquire the bionic hand, nothing will stop me from becoming Big boss.Make your mother figure slice one of your eyes, and have a big Russian dude torture you with electricity.The Boss didn't slice out BB's eye, though.I kno, just to make sure.If it's any consolation I'm half blind.So now all you need is to work out.
Quote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 06:05:43 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 05:23:10 PMQuote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 05:22:35 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 05:17:11 PMQuote from: Korra Valentine on August 22, 2015, 04:14:54 PMQuote from: Saladin on August 22, 2015, 03:34:00 PMThe final piece of the puzzle.This is whats been missing. Once I acquire the bionic hand, nothing will stop me from becoming Big boss.Make your mother figure slice one of your eyes, and have a big Russian dude torture you with electricity.The Boss didn't slice out BB's eye, though.I kno, just to make sure.If it's any consolation I'm half blind.So now all you need is to work out.UmI already do.>.>
I'd just like to take a moment here to say fuck bad parents for raising shitty kids.The kid's got no fucking hand and for some reason that warrants being a dickhead about it to him. How much more of a fucking shitty parent can you be not to raise a kid who looks at somebody who's lost half an arm to something and rather than show some decency, instead laughs at him.WHAT THE FUCK.
I can make a pinch grip, I can get a grip for cutting with a knife,
Quote from: on August 23, 2015, 12:13:12 AMI'd just like to take a moment here to say fuck bad parents for raising shitty kids.The kid's got no fucking hand and for some reason that warrants being a dickhead about it to him. How much more of a fucking shitty parent can you be not to raise a kid who looks at somebody who's lost half an arm to something and rather than show some decency, instead laughs at him.WHAT THE FUCK.Hey man, we all made fun of that one different kid that all the adults called "special" when we were seven.
the one true God is Doctor Doom and we should all be worshiping him.
I can build Lego and pull my trousers up.
Bullied Child Gets a Hand
