We’d like to briefly interrupt Hillary EmailGate and Foreign Policymageddon to bring you this video full of feels. Plus, it’s Friday evening.
Alex is seven and was born with a partially developed right arm. He also has a seriously rad bow tie.
And then there’s Albert. Albert is a phD candidate working towards a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering. He’s also the Executive Director of Limbitless Solutions, a non-profit organization. Utilizing 3D printing technology, he designs and distributes arms and, “encourages children to dream big dreams in engineering.”
Robert Downey Jr. Tony Stark happens to be a bionic expert. He did create Iron Man, after all. So the two teamed up to provide Alex with a one of a kind bionic arm.
The Collective Project, a Microsoft endeavor that, “is about harnessing the power of the many to bring great ideas to life” brought everyone together.
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I think most of the credit here goes to Albert Manero, Tyler Petresky, the rest of the UCF team, Limbitless Solutions and e-Nabling The Future. I’m not clear on what Microsoft’s “The Collective Project” had to do with any of this beyond making the video?
Fuller version of Alex Pring’s adventure here; also here.
If anyone “owns” this project, UCF does; not Microsoft.
The project provided the money at a minimum. Not a trivial part of the process to make it happen.
No bucks, no buck rogers.
Little Alex is going to be the envy of every boy in his neighborhood.
God damn it, quit putting lumps in my throat. Makes my curmudgeon schtick nearly impossible.
Robert Downey Jr has turned his life around and is due acknowledgment. He does a lifetime-solid for this kid and his family. I understand he wanted his fellow Avenger actors to get equal compensation. He apparently walks the talk.
I’m sure there’s some dick move I’m missing that will get thrown in my face, but I’m unaware. Not endorsing his entire life, just saying….
RDJ is known for doing lots of kind things like this. For example: It’s been reported that he’s paid for addicts’ rehab.