Ben & Sol

❤---FREE DOWNLOADS AVAILABLE!---❤ The first is a series of tutorials showing how to design and print digital #prosthetic sockets using #Fusion360. Follow at home by downloading Sol's Paw from https://payhip.com/Ambionics Part 1 shows how to #Import and #convert a .obj(quad) file from a limb scan and then #align the resulting T-Spline body quickly and easily. Thanks for viewing our #Tutorial.

After 5 months of using the Vario system, it looks like Sol needs a new #Prosthetic socket. This video is a How-to on digital socket adjustments and contains #Tips for #Autodesk #Fusion360 when modeling organic geometry. Sol compares two check sockets at the end. Background: Sol recently began showing signs that his first Vario-socket needs replacing. After heavy play periods and especially after sports, Sol is left with a red mark from where his paw is rubbing against the socket. It's not painful but is something that cannot be left to worsen. When this starts to happen, Sol must wear a cotton sock over his paw whenever he uses his device. This protects the affected area and along with some ointment, keeps things moving for a couple of weeks. Sol doesn't like wearing cotton socks (which are just 0-6 month-old baby socks). He prefers the smooth surface of annealed rubber which creates a 'suction fit' allowing him to really throw the device around (for example when balancing or changing direction suddenly in football). The sock makes the arm feel loose and that won't do! It's now a race against time to get the new one fabricated. As we are moving into the UK summer, white, expanded rubber will be used this time. Be sure to subscribe to make sure you catch the next episode!

Shot in Menai Bridge, North Wales Coast. UK Music: Vitalic - Posion Lips

"When life throws a curveball, sometimes all you can do is throw it back harder"

I am really impressed with how well my son is learning to use the hand I designed for him. Look at him go! Sol tested this prototype in school last week and the training at home is coming along nicely. It's alien to him though. He's used to body-powered devices that work the opposite way (normally closed / voluntary open). Fast learner though - the apple didn't fall far from the tree ❤ #DigitalProsthetics #Ambionics #Slick You can support us at https://www.ambionics.co.uk

Behind the scenes at Ambionics HQ. Today we were swapping out a temperamental switch for an off-the-shelf temporary fix. Sign up for our newsletter here http://eepurl.com/drh081

Behind the scenes at Ambionics HQ. Sign up for our newsletter here http://eepurl.com/drh081

Sol, a.k.a, 'The One-Armed Bandit', Steals a Battle Royale Victory on #Fortnite Wait 'til the end. Priceless! Full video here: https://youtu.be/3okLsksxc9s

Episode #1 Sol unboxes, assembles, and reviews the Scorpio from Bionic Toys The Scorpio is an educational toy, designed to help children (aged 7 +) develop Creative Thinking, Fine Motor Skills, Imagination Development, Problem Solving, STEM. Sol gave it a 5-star rating. Be sure to give us a rumble and subscribe so you don't miss Sol's future content. The featured product was donated to Sol by Bionic Toys GmbH, Germany Available here: https://www.c-bionic.toys/

One of a kind arm, one of a kind son, one of a kind dad. Want to know what the hell this is? Don't be a dummy, just check out our other vids!

Such a cute little lad. #Superstar

Design engineering speed play video. How prosthetic sockets are created from a 3D scan. Software: Autodesk Fusion 360

Why do we prefer body power to bionic hands? Because you can't throw a frisbee like this with a bionic hand! #Bengineering #Frisbee #ProudDad #WhatDisability

Sol (18 months) receiving a hydraulic arm created by his father. That reaction was worth the effort We never ask anyone to share, rumble, or subscribe but lots of our videos are not monetized so... #Kids #Engineering #Determination

Another short family video set to soothing music. Filmed (once again) at our favorite beach on Anglesey, Wales, UK. Sol (4) was wearing a body-powered cable system and a polyester socket which I designed and modelled from a 3D scan. The hand is a split hook made from aluminum (from Steeper UK) which he can control using the cable system. The orange part unclips allowing him to attach different hands to the prosthetic socket. Sol does have a prosthetist too but finds my devices more comfortable, lighter, and easier to use. Music licensed from Artgrid

A few Rumblers have asked how Sol lost his arm. Here's a little video I put together showing what happened. Warning: this film contains graphic images of amputation wounds It's a horrific but beautiful couple of minutes that will take you on a journey for sure.

A short family video set to music. Filmed among the magical sand dunes of Aberffraw, North Wales Coast, UK Mum (Kate) Ambionic Boy (Sol), and Baby D (Dax) with a cameo performance from Woodruff the dog Music licensed from Artgrid 'Faster than my dreams'

Want to bring functional design projects like this to life using digital tools, materials, and methods? Good! I'll be sharing everything I've learned real soon in an easy, family-friendly tutorial series. See you there.. unless you're a weirdo of course Important Channel Notice: we will NEVER ask you to Rumble our videos or subscribe to this channel... ever. Not once. Not even a little bit.

Going on stage in front of 4000 Microsoft delegates at the Aria Hotel, Las Vegas in 2018. We were treated REALLY well. When we flew out to Vegas, we were broke. Microsoft gave us £20,000 and hooked us up with their top delegates who knew what we needed to do to turn our luck around. The plan worked out pretty well.:) I have permission to share Enjoy watching Sol sing his favourite Elvis song LIVE AT VEGAS" :)

This film was made by Microsoft. They helped me train people at a college in the mountains of Ecuador (Riobamba) in 2018. Shortly after getting back from Latin America, the whole family was whisked off to Las Vegas and treated like royalty for a week This is another one just for our fans - I have permission to use this video how I choose as long as it is not edited. If anyone wants to use it for educational purposes - give me a yell.

A lovely film made by RS Components (UK) about how I started manufacturing prosthetic limbs for Sol and other kids like him

This film is about me and my eldest son, Sol in 2017 when he was just two. It was commissioned by the ERA and produced by DuckRabbit films. You can see a hydraulic prototype in early development here. I sold the international patent to a prosthetics company in 2019 and the first commercially available model was sold to a little boy here in the UK in 2020. Sol and I have now moved on to 'more advanced' engineering solutions for him and others like him. We are still overambitious and have a lot to learn but sometimes its good to look back and see where you have come from. I have permission to share and thought our followers would like it. Enjoy! #Engineering #STEM #Tech4Good

Medical experts told this kid he would most likely never wear a prosthesis. Well, dad accepted the challenge and created this prosthetic arm with a 3D printer. Look how durable it is!

For nearly a year, all of Sol’s school friends have been able to climb up the skateboard ramp in our local park but he couldn’t do it. It used to break my heart watching him struggle but fail each time. I ‘knew’ it was something you can only do with two hands but never had the heart to tell him. I’m glad I kept my stupid mouth shut. because I was wrong. This week he did what needed to be done and found a way up, now there’s no stopping him. Look at him go. That’s my boy! #success #motivation #love #school #inspiration #personaldevelopment

It took a year to make and only just fitted him but look how easily this amazing young man can use an artificial arm. We went to every single training session (160 mile round trip) but now sol is an expert controlling electrodes. This opened a world of possibility for us both. filmed near Christmas in 2019