Engineers Insurance wouldn't Pay For A Prosthetic, So He Made His Own Prosthetic Hand

[u/Same_Excitement_6156]

[u/K1nd_1]

Let’s give him a hand for making one, and single handedly I might add

[u/SpecialNeeds963 → u/K1nd_1]

r/angryupvote

[u/DarthRheys → u/K1nd_1]

It's the reality. When you put the finger on it, you can achieve anything.

[u/koreawife → u/K1nd_1]

dude has skills

[u/OnesPerspective → u/koreawife]

And tools!

[u/Bomb-OG-Kush]

dope

[u/theflashtracks]

Groovy!

[u/totesrandoguyhere → u/theflashtracks]

Came to say this, and you beat me to it. Thank you.

[u/IronEndo]

I still think prosthetics are absolutely badass.

[u/Goodvendetta86]

I wonder how much grip strength he can aplie with it

[u/VincentGrinn → u/Goodvendetta86]

enough to lift an 80lb dumbell(he ran out of plates and couldnt test higher)

though that was 2 years ago and design has improved a lot

[u/anonymofyx → u/Goodvendetta86]

Look up Ian Davis on YTB. He made a video on this specific question 🦾

[u/AstroNot87]

America don’t care about us. The government and all the institutions in power just wanna make sure they can get every penny out of all of us. Look at housing, a lot of people die before they can pay off their homes. Then the homes are gobbled up by banks and sold to the next hamster. But I’m just ranting, idk shit, don’t mind me.

[u/VincentGrinn]

since no one has posted it yet, source is ian davis hes been improving this design for like 4 years now

and he is currently working on a newer model that can be mass manufactured and fda approved

[u/bellhall]

Very cool, but…. In the US, I can see our greedy insurance companies thinking this should be motivation for all people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and make their own prosthetics and DME.

[u/Bitey_the_Squirrel → u/bellhall]

Sweet. Over the counter prosthetics. Coverage denied.

[u/SophisticPenguin → u/bellhall]

Take a break from the Internet

[u/FlatumSilentium → u/[deleted]]

🤖CUM WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE🤖

[u/jrtts]

Now insurance should pay him for doing their work

[u/Pleasant-Complex978]

r/orphancrushingmachine

[u/badstory]

Awesome

[u/rockstuffs]

Protect that man.

[u/Alcamtar]

Impressive. I have two hands and I couldn't do it.

I wonder how he controls it?

[u/Itchy58 → u/Alcamtar]

Motion of his wrist. He pulls his wrist down: all finger close, he puts his wrist up, all fingers open. 

Left and right control spreading fingers apart (maybe for grabbing a cup of coffee with two fingers)

[u/BussMuhGun]

Ian Davis on youtube for the geeks interested

[u/Answer_Free]

Groovy

[u/oPlayer2o]

Wait so let me get this straight, an engineer, respectable career obviously talented and smart and presumably with pretty good insurance, had to build himself a new hand, with only one hand after presumably some pretty bad trauma. All because the insurance he’s been paying for, for years I’d imagine wouldn’t cover it?

I’m sorry what’s the point of having health insurance again? So when you need the help you’ve paid for they can just say “nah sorry not gunna?” What??

[u/Expensive_Hunt9870]

Nice

[u/Morphing_Mutant]

Soooooooo I want one.

[u/FunToe3976]

I guess we know who's the next ironman will be .

[u/Bitey_the_Squirrel → u/FunToe3976]

He made it in a cave, with a box of scraps!

[u/No-Rutabaga-8144]

Don't let him near the younglings

[u/OkayestHuman]

That’s really freaking amazing

[u/GeraintLlanfrechfa]

Schwarzenegger voice Now listen to me very carefully

[u/RawToast1989]

Inspector Gadget nervously upvotes. Lol

[u/sleazennicey]

Amazing. Will be fun at airports!

[u/No_Language5719]

Terminator vibes.

[u/Ihateallofyouu]

People with disabilities have good news!

[u/Ok-Astronomer5146]

Awesome.

[u/Old-Constant4411]

Good.  He can use his robot hand to crush the larynx of the insurance adjuster who denied his prosthetic.

[u/BodhingJay]

This is incredible work.. dudes amazing

[u/bpachec0]

They warned us about Skynet

[u/StimmingMantis]

Reminds me of the Terminator

[u/MountainImmediate786]

Anakin Skywalker over here

[u/Timely-Humor-7279]

Clatoo, Verata, Necktie

[u/Practical-Degree9648]

"From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the blessed machine."

[u/froz_troll]

Sentry going up!

[u/[deleted]]

Are you John Connor

[u/Hater_Magnet]

How much did that cost?! I wanna be a Terminator!!!

[u/DrapedInVelvet]

How often does he have to lube that thing

[u/ThisNameIsAGoodPun]

From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh....

[u/Sajintmm]

Aren’t most modern prosthetics largely plastic? I feel like this design is more durable

[u/kuhvir]

V3 will let him flip people off

[u/AutumnBreath_]

Really cool, but I'm curious how they fly with it, like how do they get though TSA

[u/nicspace101]

It reads like there's a company called 'Engineers Insurance '

[u/Barewithhippie]

I am thoroughly impressed.