BenRyan

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

Sol and Dax playing on the zip line at Colwyn Bay Zoo

This prototype went on to become the motorised wrist in my son’s prosthetic arm. Very efficient and lightweight construction. It locks in place as soon as the power is cut. For every 20 turns of the motor, the output turns once in the opposite direction. Very cool stuff! #benjineering

This is Dax! For the past fortnight, he has been helping his dad build a prototype and learn how to help children suffering from impaired motor control! It was worth sacrificing mum's nose during initial testing! Amazing!

Young Sol (6) tests a new 3D printed 'robot' arm. This prototype uses a body-powered grabber and a 'harmonic drive' motorized wrist designed and built by Sol's father (Ben Ryan, Ambionics.co.uk).

Thanks to Additive America for mailing these parts out so quickly. Its made from Pa12 (tough) nylon with nylon fixings and stainless steel bearings. We got the green light last week with our plans to control the wrist using muscle sensors. The clever people at Newcastle University, UK are on the case as we speak! More updates soon. I have a bunch of corrections to make first. Stay tuned [edit - new parts are already being made at Additive America!! We move quickly!)