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Sol has been ill lately with a tummy bug. He has been off school and not eating very much all week. Consequently his socket began coming loose. A rubber sleeve helped (I will do a quick tips on this soon) but the arm was still loose. This morning I printed a smaller test socket but it was still too large! I now have the right size but I was shocked to see that the new one is 3.2% smaller than the arm I made for him in December. Thank the maker for digital scaling. Full socket now printing ready for the weekend 😁

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Baby D is helping me with some video editing this evening. He's not very well, bless the little fella, he has a bug.. Anyway, this is a great photo (no boogers) so I thought I'd share it with you.

Happy weekend guys n gals

Ben and Dax

Today I started work on the Ambionics Focus Group which will be accessible to All-Star Subscribers at tier 3 and above. If you want to join me on actual Ambionics projects then this is a perfect opportunity for you.

I need coders, electrical and mechanical engineers, product designers and other experienced amateurs like myself. If this sounds like you and you are happy to sign an NDA then I would really welcome you on board. Likewise if you are a prosthetist, orthotist, or an occupational therapist then I would love for you to join too.

The focus group will feed directly into the work I am doing in places like Ecuador and hopefully inform and shape my R&D strategy.

Members of the Focus group will get perks too. It's not all worked out exactly yet but I will make sure that active contributors get the option of exclusive perks or subscription discounts after x amount of time.

What do you reckon?

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Young Master Sol, Electronica, Munich, Nov 2018 #Engineering #Technology #STEM #AmbionicBoy

#GameOn #LegoHarryPotter #GameAssist #Ambionics

The Modular Torsion Hand is still being developed. I think I've found a comfortable way to make a harness to operate it. A few more tweaks and I think Sol should be able to start testing it in the field... and on the beach.. and in the mountains... and climbing up trees!

This weekend I'm working on a prototype to help Sol and his friends gain better control of gaming pads. Two pneumatic bellows will be powered by shoulder movements and each bellow controls its own button on the Nintendo Wii remote.

I'm hoping Sol will finally be able to make #LegoHarryPotter jump and cast spells without letting go of the Wii controller or straining his fingers. Once I have got this right we'll look into the Xbox and PS4 consoles too. We'll need a customized socket especially for gaming I think.

Believe it or not hydraulic and pneumatic parts like these bellows are actually pretty easy to print once you have the materials dialed in. The part in this video only takes 16 minutes to make and its holds a lot of pressure. It's one of our own designs.

This month' I'll post a video showing Subscribers how to 'tune in' different printing materials to make coo stuff like this. If you want to see how this project shapes up please remember to subscribe!

Thank you as always

Ben & Sol

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Welcome to our new Channel! This is just a holding page for now but I'll be announcing the launch date very soon. Watch this space. Best Wishes Ben & Sol www.ambionics.co.uk