Malcolm Taylor doesn香蕉视频直播檛 mind talking about his arm.

You香蕉视频直播檙e not going to bring up anything the 14-year-old from the rural southern Vancouver Island community of Cobble Hill hasn香蕉视频直播檛 already heard.

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A Grade 9 student at Frances Kelsey Secondary School, Taylor was born with just one hand, his left arm ending just a little bit above the elbow. Last year, he was fitted with a myoelectric arm, which can sense muscle impulses and allows him to open and close the hand simply by flexing the muscles in his residual limb.

Taylor has had different non-electrical prosthetics in the past, and a previous electrical one, but this is the best one he香蕉视频直播檚 ever had. It香蕉视频直播檚 not quite state-of-the-art, he says, but it香蕉视频直播檚 the best in terms of price and functionality.

The arm was paid for by the War Amps CHAMP program. The War Amps began more than 100 years ago to assist war amputee veterans returning from the First World War. It has expanded its programs over the years to support all amputees.

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Taylor received his current prosthetic about six months ago after working with beta versions before that. The process involved having a cast taken from his arm, getting the prosthetic custom-fitted, and having the electrodes fine-tuned. The work is done by a prosthesist, and isn香蕉视频直播檛 invasive.

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The many steps were worth it for the new arm.

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The myoelectric arm allows for gripping motions that Taylor香蕉视频直播檚 previous prostetics didn香蕉视频直播檛, like grabbing a stick.

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Taylor香蕉视频直播檚 previous prosthetics didn香蕉视频直播檛 have nearly as much going for them.

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He couldn香蕉视频直播檛 have picked up a medical face mask with the old one, for example. And the new one works well enough that he doesn香蕉视频直播檛 have to put one thing down to pick another up.

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Taylor will have to get a new prosthetic, eventually, but he can probably get this one refitted before that happens.

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Other kids at school definitely approve of this one.

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Not only is he not shy about discussing the arm, he admits he may even show off from time to time.

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