Hundreds of University of Central Florida students turned out Friday to attempt to break the world record for the longest high-five chain.<\/p>\n
The attempt on the UCF Memory Mall fell short of its record-breaking goal of 1,700. But the sponsor, Microsoft OneNote, achieved its bigger goal of bringing attention to Limbitless Solutions, the UCF student team that\u2019s producing 3-D printed bionic arms for children.<\/p>\n
A line of students and faculty snaked around Memory Mall for the high-five chain, which worked like the \u201cwave.\u201d It ended with Limbitless student leader Albert Manero high-fiving Alex Pring, the 7-year-old boy who was the first recipient of one the bionic arms.<\/p>\n
Pring was joined by Wyatt Falardeau, a fifth-grader from Vero Beach who is now being fitted for an arm by the UCF team.<\/p>\n
Microsoft came to UCF as part of a campaign called The Collective Project. In addition to the world-record attempt, there were other on-campus events this week that were meant to raise awareness of how students can come together using technology to rally around a cause and make a difference in the world.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, students from across the university came to the Engineering II building for a Build-a-Thon. They met members of the Limbitless team and built mechanical hands. About 50 volunteers participated, constructing 60 hands that will be shipped to Children’s Rehabilitation Institute of Telet\u00f3n USA, a San Antonio-based pediatric rehabilitation center that serves children with neuromusculoskeletal disabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of University of Central Florida students turned out Friday to attempt to break the world record for the longest high-five chain. The attempt on the UCF Memory Mall fell short of its record-breaking goal of 1,700. But the sponsor, Microsoft OneNote, achieved its bigger goal of bringing attention to Limbitless Solutions, the UCF student team that\u2019s producing 3-D printed…","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":64660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5,6,24],"tags":[12358,973,13090],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-64650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","category-community","category-science-technology","tag-albert-manero","tag-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","tag-limbitless-solutions"],"yoast_head":"\n