Three children are feeling pure joy this December about "the best Christmas present in the world." Ettie Baker, age 8, Zoey Hampton-Pigeon, age 8, and Finn Jarvis, age 11, were all given "life-changing" bionic arms this week courtesy of The Big Hero 3 campaign. Launched by a mom named Sarah Lockey whose own daughter faced physical challenges, the campaign helps families of children with missing limbs fundraise for bionic arms, news agency SWNS reported. Ettie Baker's mother, Alyse, said her daughter "screamed" when she found out about her new arm for Christmas this year. "Ettie has always shown so much love for her difference and loves celebrating differences," said mom Alyse Baker about her daughter.

As someone who has been shoved into prosthetics before I was old enough to say "get it off", I was intrigued when the superhero-style 3D-printed prosthetic limb launched back in 2018. It was definitely exciting if you were a kid who wanted to be a superhero. I was hopeful that, after donning a 90s myoelectric arm--similar to a fake limb you might find backstage of an amateur dramatics theater group only heavier--or any of the other cumbersome limbs that haunted my past, the Hero Arm would be the beginning of a future of more comfortable, sought-after designs. Open Bionics--the prosthetic company known for the Hero Arm--have recently launched a new prosthetic designed for those with partial hand differences. The Hero Gauntlet enables a wider range in dexterity for people who have either congenital hand differences or amputated fingers.

A seven-year-old boy born without a right hand is now beaming with joy as he tried out his new'robot arm'. Louie Morgan-Kemp, of Swavesey, Cambridgeshire, had just started fundraising for the prosthetic when a kind-hearted businessman saw his story in the news and offered to pay the full £13,000 cost. The youngster collected the Ironman-themed Hero Arm this week and can move its mechanical fingers by using muscles in his arm to press buttons inside the sleeve. Louie said the gadget, made by Bristol-based Open Bionics, helps him with picking things up, cutting food and pouring drinks. He said it was'exciting' to get the arm and he was'happy' that businessman Billy Dixon had paid for him to get it.

A British man has been fitted with a prosthetic arm inspired by a character from the classic video game, Metal Gear Solid. The Metal Gear Solid design covers the Hero Arm – the world's most affordable multi-grip bionic arm at around £10,000 – made by Bristol firm Open Bionics. Hero Arm, which is light, comfortable and'fits like a glove', has the dexterity to hold a mobile phone, cutlery or a pen – and operate machinery such as a lawnmower. The arm's movable fingers can also be held in a static position for a safe and reliable grip – and pick up an egg without breaking it. Hero Arm is already available in a range of exterior casings inspired by pop culture and films, such as such as Ironman and BB8 from Star Wars.

A British teenager born with only one hand is learning to ride a bike after being fitted with the world's first medically-certified 3D-printed bionic hand. Fourteen-year-old Aimee Ashton, a talented art student from Hull, was born with part of her arm missing and no left hand. Aimee had previously used prosthetic arms but stopped using them because'they didn't do anything' and weren't responsive to movement. But she has since been fitted with the'Hero Arm', developed by Bristol-based company Open Bionics, which costs around £10,000. The battery-powered arm picks up signals from muscles allowing the user to do tasks with both hands.

An 11-year-old Star Wars fanatic who lost his left hand and both legs below the knee to meningitis has been given an R2D2-themed bionic hand. Kye Vincent, of Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, was given days to live in April 2016 when he was struck down with the killer infection. The youngster, then eight, was placed into an induced coma and spent 38 weeks in hospital, where doctors were forced to remove his legs, his left hand and part of his right hand. But in the years since, Kye has made a remarkable recovery and has capped the end of a long journey with a £10,000 bionic arm. The prosthetic, called a Hero Arm, has been designed to look like the the droid R2-D2, an iconic character from the Star Wars franchise.

A schoolgirl has had her first ever bionic arm fitted after being born without a right hand. Hollie Lownds, 11, was fitted with the'Iron Man' themed bionic arm, which is worth £5,000, in September. It will allow her to brush her hair, eat with a knife and fork and ride a bike for the first time, and she is particularly excited to open Christmas presents with two hands. Hollie's parents were told 20 weeks into the pregnancy that their daughter was missing her right hand because of a growth defect but the cause wasn't clear to doctors. Since she was born she hasn't had a prosthetic arm and has tried to use the stump of her elbow joint to grasp things and open doors.

One year after Open Bionics began selling its 3D-printed Hero Arm prosthetic in the UK, the bionic arm is available in the US. Open Bionics has made a name for itself as a start-up specializing in low-cost prosthetics, and you might remember it as the company behind arms inspired by Iron Man, Star Wars, Frozen and Deus Ex. But until now, the Hero Arm has only been available in the UK and France. The wait is over, y'all. Upper limb amputees in the states, sign up here and we'll refer you to your nearest @HangerNews clinic: https://t.co/NYvtvoul0K

Open Bionics announced today that its 3D-printed Hero Arm prosthetic will be available for purchase in the UK next month. The company's founders started Open Bionics because they were interested in developing prosthetic limbs that were less expensive than traditional options, which typically cost tens of thousands of dollars. Using 3D-scanning and 3D-printing, they aim to produce more affordable options that can be constructed much more quickly than other prosthetic devices. In the past, they've developed Star Wars-, Iron Man- and Frozen-themed prosthetic hands for children as well as a Deus Ex-inspired arm. The Hero Arm is the company's latest design.