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Engineer, Ian Davis lost 4 fingers in a work accident so he built himself a bionic hand.
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That's amazing, I love his ingenuity! But the insurance company? "Fingers are not medically necessary."?! Let me duct tape your left hand into a fist and see how you manage without your fingers. Idiots.
Yeah. A working man doesn't need fingers? What do you think he uses for work, his elbow?
Wait til you discover how few teeth are “medically necessary” and not simply “cosmetic”
yeah that made me super mad, you can't do anything without your fingers!
I agree its BS, but isn't the fact that he built himself a new hand, without fingers, suggestive of the insurance companies point?
no because 99.99% of people cant do that and the insurance company will always dent at 1st because they want to make you appeal for the insurance you already have been paying for. because some.people wont appeal and that helps the company make more money. It's legal insurance fraud and it's scummy. there is a reason we have 3rd party arbiters but even then the made rules are still in the favor of the company.
Can't argue with that logic,but I still think the insurance company was wrong in that comment even though they did turn around and reimburse him later.
There was a tangible cost in materials, time, and expertise.
He absolutely has grounds to sue the insurance company.
I said I thought it was bullshit, but from a purely medical perspective, losing the fingers on his non-dominant hand hasn't actually affected his abilities as en engineer.
An Evil Dead fan.
I cannot believe I didn't see that! Lol!
Damn, beat me to it
That’s what I was thinking of lol
Next up: man build second bionic hand after losing 4 fingers in chainsaw accident
Imaging going through airport security and being able to say…it’s part of my bionic body.
Youre joking but I can seriously see the TSA confiscating this mans homebuilt prosthesis.
Now he can kill deadities easily.
Utterly impressed
Utterly impressed he built it one handed
Very impressive indeed.
I’d like to shake his hand
Which one
His third one.
Free Luigi
"Because his insurance deemed fingers "not medically-necessary"
Only in dumbass yankland
Insurance company was sure that fingers were a luxury....
What was wrong with those people !!!
Kind of ironic when it is the insurance company raising their middle finger.
Power-wank: ENABLED!
Bro build himself and exo skeleton arm
“After he convinced them fingers are not a luxury” medical insurance companies are evil.
I guess the insurance company agreed he was covered when he visited them with the chainsaw hand.
Nice one Ian
that’s actually kinda sick
edit: actually REALLLY SICK
he will never have infection in those....
How did he build that with only one hand?
That’s both literally and figuratively metal AF.
Groovy
Is it weird to say I really wanted to see him flip the camera off with those?
Don't tell them how it works patent it then make videos about it... i made same mistake now some idiot stole my idea... Btw. Good job building it, it looks amazing😃
You've got to hand it to him and give him the thumbs up for making this.
Insane knuckle buster
No fingers? No problem.
Some one send this to 4xtra
Engineers are wild and build different O.O
Groovy.
His most recent parts / iteration was hit by $400+ import tariffs and it's still cheaper to pay them than have the aluminum parts made domestically. Bit of a bummer since he's trying to improve both his hand and another electrician with a similar situation.
Losing fingers and building your own replacement is next-level resilience
Fingers are not medically necessary?
God bless Luigi. We need more like him.
That's not bionic
so finally we are getting Prosthetic tools
That would hurt while doing .....
Wow, he built this with one hand + a thumb
im already impressed, but im even more impressed when i realized that he built this with one hand (or atleast, 1 hand, 1 prototype hand)
Very arcane undercity feels
Wake the fuck up samurai we found our first ripper doc
Im just over here shocked that it said he “was” suffering from multiple myeloma 4 years ago. 11 years ago, when I lost a parent to MM, the odds were highly against remission or an operational cure. MM is nasty and it’s amazing he has overcome it.
People are gonna find these in 2000 years and think wow they were really advanced.
What is the actuator in these fingers? Like what causes the fingers to contract, I know it’s electric but what is the muscle like mechanism that causes the contraction?
It's not electric. Purely mechanical and based on the movements he can still do. His youtube channel has a lot of the build process and discussion of it.
Thanks, do you know if it could be done electrically to enhance the power
Probably, but I'm fairly certain Ian has said before that he wants to keep it purely mechanical. 1: he's a machinist and can remake or upgrade any part that fails that way, and 2: it always works the exact same, no weakening as a battery runs down or needing to be charged.
brilliant
not gonna lie I considered it for a second....
from the moment i understood the weakness of my healthcare, it disgusted me !
Fingers are not medically necessary??!?! What in the dystopian hellscape…..
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.
Now attach chatgpt to it.
The solution to many of the worlds problems is maiming engineers
Insurance companies are the biggest scam
Groovy !!
Now listen to me very carefully
Fingers not necessary? Insurance pay for a new 🌭 when he rips it off with that monster?
Build a taser in
Once ai takes over it'll hack his hand and force his bionic hand to alternate between public masterbation and flipping people off 24/7.
Dude accidentally just made an awesome fantasy weapon
Marneus Calgar approves
He had to convince his insurance company that fingers are not a luxury….
It only took 4 small accidents but his bionic fingers prototype was ready for use
His current project is helping people with similar amputations get fitted with hands of his design. Hes making a few hands foe people and just got one of them into his workshop
Groovy
Can he beat banana with that
So to get engineers to work better we need to maim them...
Hello fellow Chooms!
RED/BLU Engineer approves!!!
Purely mechanical hand so that it can get wet - this man still fucks, with his fingers. Good on him. I wonder if it can flip the bird, because that would have been my first milestone after what the insurance said.
Amazing. Plus the bonus reminder that insurance companies are cunts.
That's an insult to cunts
They don't get fucked enough to be considered cunts
No, they're dicks cause they fuck so many people over.
Insurance company: fingers "not medically necessary"
I would have bought a 3d printer and some monopoly money so good on him.
Friendly reminder that this varies by country (and company.
I work for an insurance company in Sweden, and we actively look for reasons to payout, if there’s even doubt to begin with.
I suppose it helps having universal healthcare so in most cases you’re fine even without insurance. Which means insurance companies actually have to compete to find customers and you can’t compete if you keep denying shit.
you guys still use insurance companies lol, they are the biggest scam on the planet f*ck em
I happen to like cunts. What I don't like are insurance companies.