(FOX 2) – “Thumbs up is my favorite,” said Zak Dubin.

A simple gesture – thumbs up – is something 10-year-old Zak Dubin couldn’t do with his left hand – until now.

Zak is the first child in Michigan and one of the first in the country to be fitted with a 3D printed bionic hand – called The Hero Arm. “This hero arm – particularly when he has the Iron Man sleeve on – has been very interesting,” said Leslie Dubin, Zak’s mom. You heard correctly – that Hero Arm even has a super hero sleeve. Iron Man – it’s one that seems to fit Zak, just right. He’s had prosthetics before – but they never worked out. “For little kids that need a prosthetic if it’s heavy, he described that it was hurting his shoulder, hurting his arm – it was too tight,” Leslie said. But 3-D […]

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