Eleven-year-old Star Wars Fan gets R2-D2 bionic arm and shows it off to Mark Hamill

By Sarah Young

 

Bella raised almost $14,000 (£11,000) for her bionic 'Hero Arm' (PA)

 

An 11-year-old Star Wars fan has received an R2-D2 bionic limb and been able to show it off to Luke Skywalker himself.

 

Bella Tadlock, from Florida, raised almost $14,000 (£11,000) for her bionic “Hero Arm”, created by Bristol-based company Open Bionics, which aims to "turn disabilities into superpowers".

 

The school girl’s fundraiser caught the eye of Star Wars actor Mark Hamill in November when he retweeted her appeal to his 3.6 million followers.

 

Now, Bella has became the first person in the US to receive the advanced multi-grip arm in the style of her favourite character, R2-D2.

 

Full Story: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/star-wars-prosthetic-arm-bella-tadlock-mark-hamill-twitter-open-bionics-a9371706.html

I think they meant C3PO... 

4 minutes ago, tifino said:

I think they meant C3PO... 

Nope, surely they meant R2D2.

Just look at the color scheme...... C3PO was golden, not white and blue.

1 minute ago, rasmus5150 said:

Nope, surely they meant R2D2.

Just look at the color scheme...... C3PO was golden, not white and blue.

I was thinking more of the shape...   with R2D2, her hands would be gorilla like, dragging along the floor ???? 

 

c3po did have a retrofit silver leg... so he 'was' open for change ???? 

Is she holding the red pill from Matrix? ????

14 hours ago, kotsak said:

Is she holding the red pill from Matrix? ????

"choose wisely"

15 hours ago, kotsak said:

Is she holding the red pill from Matrix? ????

No, it's the red "pill". 

 

Hum... Off topic again (above post).  That's really great what technology is able to do by giving abilities to people how have lost or been born without arms or hands.

This is really great, especially for kids.

It is so bad for a kid to be missing a limb, but now it can have a "cool" factor.