Cool nice one from Mr Brawn @ co A Formula One fan has had his wish of a new bionic hand fulfilled after a plucky letter to Mercedes team boss Ross Brawn. Matthew James, a 14-year-old from Wokingham in Berkshire, was born without a left hand. He had his eye on an i-Limb Pulse from Touch Bionics, a firm in Scotland. His family had raised some money, but nowhere near the £30,000 needed. Mercedes and Touch Bionics agreed to share technology which is used in both the cars and the bionic arm, and as part of the deal the £25,000 fee to fit the hand and train Matthew to use it was waived. The full clip here hope you can see video, meaning it's not just restricted to the UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14531145
Brilliant!!!!! Really very happy for that young man. He has a fantastic life ahead of him. Just super!
What do you need, I'll see if I can rustle you something up... BTW thanks guys, tis a nice story, great to see F1 give something back, and help where they can.
Happy for the kid, but why the hell do they have to put a Merc logo on it? I think its ridiculous that they had to make some sponsorship deal out of it. What kind of world do we live in that everything needs to be about brands etc. etc.?? If Brawn was a real stand up guy he would have paid for it himself without putting a stupid Merc logo on it.
