We had a very special guest on Tuesday afternoon. His name was Richard and he is actually Mrs Taylor's husband.
He is special for another reason and that is because he is the first person to have this style of bionic hand in Christchurch. Isn't that incredible?! We had never met anyone with a bionic hand before.
Richard took time to explain to us how he had lost his hand in a horse feeder when he was 17 and since then has had a hook (His nickname is Hooky!). Some of us had seen that hand and we thought it was interesting but a bionic hand kinda blew our minds. He explained to us how it works, how it moves, the different settings, how it has bluetooth!, how it has to be charged at night and how he almost squashed Mrs Taylor's finger when he was first learning to use it.
His thumb is like a joystick. He also showed us how it comes off from the arm part and we spent some time asking questions. We found out that it was designed by a New Zealander and it cost between $80,000 to $85,000 to make. This blew our minds. It is also waterproof so you can get it wet. And Richard is thrilled to be able to peel potatoes now.
It was pretty cool. Everyone really wanted to have a go touching it (though some of us were a bit nervous and just watched). Check us out having a great time shaking Richard's hand.
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Thanks so much Richard for coming in. It was super awesome to check it out.
Blogger world - We wonder what you would find the most difficult if you had a bionic hand?
