The Happy Pod: My friends made me a new hand
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Lois, 14, and her classmates used a 3D printer to create her new hand as part of a school project. Now they want to make prosthetic limbs for other people who need them, using the same method.
Also: We find out how a new drug is transforming the lives of children with a severe form of epilepsy. A trial found it significantly reduced their seizures and also helped with overall development and movement.
We meet two Turkish students using AI to help locate people trapped under rubble after earthquakes. They hope their invention will help rescuers reach survivors more quickly.
Plus the teams working to save seagrass meadows, which are vital in tackling climate change. And the Harajuku dog walking man - who's become famous for leading dozens of small dogs around Tokyo.
Our weekly collection of inspiring, uplifting and happy news from around the world.
Photo: Nature School
Presenter: Holly Gibbs. Music composed by Iona Hampson
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:07.4 | We definitely do not have quiet days anymore in American politics. |
| 0:12.5 | Our podcast will help you cut through all the noise. |
| 0:15.9 | Make sense of what's happening in the US, with new podcast episodes arriving throughout the week. |
| 0:20.8 | AmeriCast, Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:24.5 | This is the Happy Pod from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:32.1 | I'm Holly Gibbs, and in this edition... |
| 0:34.7 | It felt really special and, like, good to me, like, |
| 0:38.4 | because showing my friends, like, |
| 0:40.3 | this is what it feels like to make one |
| 0:42.3 | and feel like what it feels like to have a prosthetic hand. |
| 0:46.4 | The teenager whose classmates helped make her new prosthetic hand, |
| 0:50.9 | how a new drug is transforming the lives of children |
| 0:53.9 | with a severe form of epilepsy. |
| 0:56.3 | He's able to enjoy life like any other child, which is, it's everything and more to me. |
| 1:03.3 | He has this vivacious lust for life. |
| 1:07.6 | The students using AI to help rescue people trapped after earthquakes. |
| 1:12.3 | We are very focused and we want to make it so that it can be used or deployed in actual |
| 1:17.6 | like rubble zones because we want to have that impact. |
| 1:21.1 | Plus the scientists saving a plant that's crucial in tackling climate change. |
| 1:28.8 | We start in New South Wales, Australia, |
| 1:32.3 | where a group of teenagers have been working together |
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