Video of Shea swimming with her Beast hand

Here is Shea's video finally! I was having major computer issues that were preventing me from being able to upload this... Shea has used her hand in the pool maybe 5 times now. Padding, Velcro, screws, etc. all look and function same as before she took it in the pool!

Swimming with the Beast

Shea decided today to take her Cyborg Beast (with the short star gauntlet) for a swim! She loved it and had a blast. She mostly did the doggie paddled with it because she said it was easier with it because her hand floated on it's own!  

shea's hand video

Video of Shea with her purple Cyborg Beast

 

 

This is a video of Shea using her purple Cyborg Beast to pull a tissue out of the box! We were very excited!

Photos of all of Shea's new hands!

This is Shea's "handbag". She keeps her hands in it and her journal.

 

This is Shea's new Purple Cyborg Beast with the Shea gauntlet. She said this one is "the most comfortable" to wear.

 

This is her new Star Hand - its a Cyborg Beast with the Short Shea gauntlet and Frankie, being a mind reader - added Stars to it! It was a suggestion in Shea's journal that Shea had yet to share, but got anyway! Amazing!

This is Shea's new Talon Hand. As you can see it is tricked out and customized, as well! Adream chose the colors and Shea loves them all! All the leather is beautiful with scrollwork and her name. But the best part, the finger nails!

This is the bottom side of the Talon Hand.

 

Her are all of Shea's hand to date! That is pretty impressive!

 

Shea showing off all of her hands! It's so hard to choose!

 

Shea figuring out her Talon Hand - I had to cut some of the leather to allow her thumb to fit in the pocket.

 

My "butcher job" on the palm leather of the Talon Hand. I feel terrible that I ruined Adream's hard (and beautiful!) work.

 

  

Shea thinks her Talon hand is the prettiest one!

 Picking up and apple with the Talon Hand.

 

  Shea with her Star Hand.

 

Shea picking up the battery charger from our camera. She thought this might be the "smallest" thing she's picked up yet!

Shea lounging and playing on her iPod Touch. (sorry, it's a little blurry)

 



 

 Shea was very proud to pull a tissue out of the box! Now THIS is the smallest thing she picked up!

form-fit tests

modifications and tests

I managed to do some modeling today. I printed a hand section from one of Shea's 3D scans last night and then worked on creating a test outline of a palm section that fits her thumb better than the the hands I've made thus far. I wanted to make something that would give her the room she needs, yet try not to make the knuckle block too large or long across the palm section. Working the printed thumb into the correct location with the bump-out for her thumb is the real challenge. Then on top of that, how to make it look good. I am trying to keep the design general enough that it allows for universal application for users who have more thumb than typical, in hopes that it might help people in need, but I am also playing with just making something that is more form fit to Shea specifically. I'll have pics of the the more form fit design soon, but for know I just have the generalized shape palm. I've yet to make this look really good, but I'm inching closer and closer to getting something that fit's properly at least. The yellow version with palm top still needs a lot of details added: like cable routing, etc. but I like the fact that I can keep this design tighter to the hand (with the addition of thin foam on the inside) without having to make it much larger like I would have to do with the pink palm frame. The pink frame would require leather or something similar to the talon hand, thus getting larger to allow for the material between the hand and inside frame.