Konami helping to make a bionic arm for a double amputee Metal Gear Solid fan

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Metal Gear Solid 5 publisher Konami is helping to make a prosthetic limb for a double amputee gamer.
The company is working with prosthetics artist Sophie De Oliveira Barata and a team of engineers, roboticists and product designers to make a bespoke arm for 25-year-old James Young, who in 2012 lost an arm and a leg when he was dragged onto the tracks between two carriages of the London DLR as it was pulling in.
Konami said the bionic arm is inspired by the prosthetic limb seen in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain.
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