This British company is making 'Star Wars' and 'Iron Man' bionic hands for kids

LONDON — A Bristol-based company that creates low-cost robotic hands for amputees has announced it's collaborating with Disney on a range of new hands inspired by characters like like Queen Elsa and Iron Man

Open Bionics, which earlier this year won the UK round of the James Dyson Award, announced on its website that Disney is giving them royalty free licenses for the new project

"Now kids can get excited about their prosthetics," the company said on its website. "They won’t have to do boring physical therapy, they’ll train to become heroes. They’re not just getting medical devices, they’re getting bionic hands inspired by their favorite characters." Read more...