a snippet of my viral talk at Future Port Youth in Prague 💙🫶🏻 #tech #wistem #expression

Now we've let go of all the silicone, we let go of all the layers trying to make it look more natural and blend in. Now they're 3D printed, like, look at this. That doesn't look like your average human hand, but I can tell you right now it looks a hell of a lot better than what I was wearing before, which was intended to make other people more comfortable. All the companies ever needed to do was to ask rather than falling into this stereotype and assuming what people want to look like to be normal, you know. All they had to do was ask, and that's the first thing Open Bionics did. They said, okay, sit everyone down, design me your dream arm right now. You know, it's not only just accepting that difference now, but it's accentuating it in a really beautiful light, but what stood out more to me is the mental benefits. Being told your whole life you're not allowed to look a certain way and then being able to come out here and cover it in glitter, that is a huge difference.