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Man Makes Replacement Limb Out of Legos

posted by martyb on Saturday February 09 2019, @11:35PM   
from the Mechano-was-better-dept dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

After losing his arm to a rare generic condition Adrian Aguilar made a replacement limb out of lego. His first attempt at making an artificial arm was at nine years old, making a number of limbs Iron Man style over the years. His goal is to help others make prosthetic limbs cheaply.

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• It's odd how inhabitants of the USA force languageIt's odd how inhabitants of the USA force language (Score: 2, Insightful) by pTamok on Sunday February 10 2019, @12:24PM (1 child)

  by pTamok (3042) on Sunday February 10 2019, @12:24PM (#799074)

  I think most Europeans would regard saying 'LEGOs' as a bit odd, as LEGO is a brand-name, but it could well be that they are lagging the language development seen in the USA.

  After all, nobody says Kleenex-brand tissues any more. First it becomes 'Kleenex tissues', then 'a Kleenex', then finally a mother says to a child 'Let me Kleenex your nose for you;, and wahla*, a new verb. The same has happened with car brands, although I don't know of any that have become verbs - you don't tesla downtown. Google has become a verb, even in Europe. Given time, LEGO may well become a verb too.

  *Yes, I know it was originally French: Voilà [wiktionary.org], but many, many people use anglicised spellings and don't even know the origin. It has become english.

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• Re:It's odd how inhabitants of the USA force langu(Score: 2) by kazzie on Monday February 11 2019, @07:05AM

  by kazzie (5309) on Monday February 11 2019, @07:05AM (#799422)

  LEGO my Eggo!

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