Gamer gets new £8,000 arm inspired by Metal Gear Solid
Laiken now has a Venom Snake arm designed by Open Bionics
Laiken Olive, 21
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A gamer bullied as a youngster because they were born without a hand finally feel their disability isn t a hindrance after being fitted with a bionic arm inspired by Metal Gear Solid.
Metal Gear Solid Bionic Arm Fitted for First Person in US
A bionic arm based on the one used by Venom Snake in
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has been fitted for an artist by the name of Laiken Olive. Designed by Open Bionics, the Venom Snake arm is now available for amputees throughout the US. Laiken was born without a right hand, and is now the first person in the country fitted with the arm. The news was announced on Konami s official Metal Gear Solid Facebook account, in a post that can be found right here. On Facebook, the artist compared their experience to Venom Snake s journey in the game.
TikTok Artist Is First In The USA To Receive Metal Gear Solid-Themed Prosthetic Arm Cover
The Open Bionics Hero Arm is now available to amputees in the USA.
Konami has teamed up with prosthetics company Open Bionics to create a prosthetic arm cover themed after the one worn by Venom Snake in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Now, the first such cover has been distributed in the United States to TikTok artist Laiken Olive.
A post on the Metal Gear Twitter account shows Olive, 21, wearing the prosthetic from Open Bionics, titled the Hero Arm. It sports the same red and black color scheme as Venom Snake s, but that design is optional. In the post s comments, Olive clarifies that the base of the arm is black, and its red sections are a cover. Having changeable covers means I can be like Venom Snake, Iron Man, BB-8 and so much more with just a pop on and off of the covers, Olive said.
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