fun doing my passions like makeup and piano. I like to show that having a disability doesn’t stop me from doing all I want to do. One of the best experiences I’ve had as an activist and motivational speaker has got to be the time where I spoke on a panel about compassion and technology, all whilst sat next to the Dalai Lama. That was absolutely incredible and will always be a completely surreal moment in my eyes! WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING 3D PRINTED ARMS? The advantages of having 3D printed arms includes them being very light weight, much lighter than other prosthetics. Another advantage comes with the price of 3D printing materials. Rather than being made from expensive materials like the silicone ones I previously had to fundraise for, these are a lot cheaper! Another thing that’s quite cool is that you can literally just print them! It takes a bit of time but is still very efficient. Also, if you have a 3D printer at home, you can gather the necessary materials and just print your own accessories!
DID YOU HAVE A CHOICE IN WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE? YOUR BLACK ONES WITH YOUR NAME ON LOOK AMAZING! Yes! The user/customer always gets to design their own arm. They range in varied different patterns and can be whatever colour you want - they can even be mix and match! Open Bionics also offer cool collaborative designs like Disney’s Frozen, Marvel’s Iron Man and Star Wars’ R2D2 which makes it that much more exciting for kids! They can quite literally become iron man! I have a couple of different colour and designs to match up with my outfit which I love. WHICH COUNTRIES HAVE YOU TRAVELLED TO WHILST PROMOTING OPEN BIONICS? I’ve done quite a lot of motivational speaking, travelling in my own right to share my story, but I guess the hero arm has become a big part of my story now. I’m promoting it all the time! I’ve been to Amsterdam a couple of times, San Diego where we attended Comic Con as I was modelling bionic arms based off of the video game Deus Ex (which also became a world Guinness record!), Washington DC, Mexico,
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South Africa, Indonesia, Madrid a couple of times. I did have plans to go back to Mexico, Madrid and to go to Barcelona and Columbia this year, although Covid19 prevented all that from happening. However, most things have been rescheduled for next year, so fingers crossed we can get back to normal! I also went to China with the CEO’s of Open Bionics who are also my good friends at this point. We ended up winning the gold overall prize for the design of the hero arm and took home £100,000 to benefit the company! Her new TV role shows there is no stopping Tilly, who will have the chance to interview top celebrities and politicians including the Prime Minister, and report on the big issues affecting young people across the UK and the world. FYI: FOR YOUR INFO is the acclaimed weekly news show for kids available on Sky News, Sky One and Sky Kids On Demand. FYI is also shown in thousands of schools across the UK through First News Education.
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any of you will know about the services offered by the Kidz to Adultz team, but do you know we have sensory rooms, booklets for children with bladder problems, free moving and handling sessions, a wide range of resources to download from the website and much more…
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