{
  "id": 15122129,
  "title": "From Lego hand in Syria to AI prosthetic in Canada: Ahmed Ibrahim's journey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/from-lego-hand-in-syria-to-ai-prosthetic-in-canada-ahmed-ibrahims",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-17T04:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/discovery/at-10-in-war-torn-syria-ahmed-ibrahim-tried-to-build-a-lego-prosthetic-hand-for-a-friend-injured-in-a-bombing-now-in-canada-he-has-won-funding-to-develop-an-ai-powered-robotic-hand/articleshow/134983651.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ahmed Ibrahim, now a 25-year-old innovator in Canada, has built upon a childhood experiment to develop an advanced AI-powered prosthetic hand. At the age of 10, living in Syria and witnessing violence, he tried to create a prosthetic hand using Lego blocks and motors from a remote-control helicopter to help his friend who had lost a hand in a bombing. The homemade device failed, but the experience inspired Ibrahim to pursue a career in prosthetics. After moving to Canada and pursuing a master's degree in neuroscience and biomedicine, Ibrahim founded Better Bionics to develop a more advanced and accessible prosthetic technology. His AI-powered hand uses sensors, muscle signals, and machine learning to enable 20 different movements, adapting to individual user's movement patterns and providing a more natural and functional device. Better Bionics aims to make advanced prosthetics more affordable by reducing the time and manual effort needed to produce customised devices through AI-guided design and 3D printing.",
  "summary": "Ahmed Ibrahim is developing an innovative AI-driven prosthetic hand aimed at enhancing user accessibility and control. Inspired by a childhood passion, he aspires to offer personalized fitting through advanced technology. His startup, Better Bionics, integrates cutting-edge AI and 3D printing, facilitated by a collaboration with Hamilton Health Sciences for prototype testing. Plans are underway…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}